Joseph “Joe” Proce was shot on May 31, 1990, in an attack attributed to Heriberto Seda, the New York Zodiac. According to the article, he was shot in the lower back, with the bullet hitting his kidney. He initially survived but died in the hospital on June 24, 1990. The killer associated him with the zodiac sign Gemini. His death was among the three fatalities for which Seda was convicted.