Jaquan Coppedge, 18, was fatally shot inside a Manhattan apartment on the evening of November 2, 2020. Friends who were present told police the group had been handling a gun and that Jaquan had taken the firearm from his waistband before being struck by a single shot to the forehead. A witness described the shooting as accidental, and one person at the scene reportedly threw the gun down the building’s garbage chute after the discharge.

Police opened an investigation based on the account from someone who was feet away when the shooting occurred. There have been no reports detailing arrests or identifying suspects in connection with the death. Few other details about the circumstances inside the apartment have been released.

Did anyone in the building or who knew Jaquan see or hear anything that night that could help clarify what happened?