Hector Gabriel Clemente, 41, known as Gabby, was shot and killed after an early morning altercation at Kelly’s Tavern in the Greenbrier area of Chesapeake on July 18, 2018. Described by family as kind-hearted, joyful and fond of horses, he was a regular patron who enjoyed joking with people at the bar.

The fight began inside the restaurant and continued outside, during which Clemente was shot. Police arrested 33-year-old Eric Joseph Bachmeier of Virginia Beach and charged him with Second Degree Murder and Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony. According to Clemente’s brother, the two men had clashed before at another Kelly’s Tavern a couple of months earlier, reportedly over a girlfriend, and the family felt the tavern might have done more to prevent the confrontation. Kelly’s Tavern temporarily closed after the shooting.

If anyone knew Hector or witnessed the incident at Kelly’s Tavern that night, please share what you know.