On the evening of February 13, 2025, 18-year-old Nena Edmonds was found at the bottom of a staircase at the Pavilion Apartments on Southwest Campus Drive in Federal Way, Washington, suffering a gunshot wound to the head. A neighbor heard a trash can fall, opened his door, and discovered her. First responders attempted life-saving measures but she died at home. A trail of blood leading from where she was found back to her apartment suggested a violent struggle had occurred inside. The King County Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide.

Nena lived with her older sister Trinity and had just finished her first day at a new job at The Home Depot. Her family remembers her as energetic, bubbly, and funny; she had plans to join the United States Marine Corps. Investigators later identified two suspects: a 16-year-old male who was 15 at the time of the shooting, and 19-year-old Jelani Medina of Burien, described as having had a prior relationship with Nena. Prosecutors allege Medina and the younger suspect went to Nena’s apartment to force deletion of intimate videos, that a struggle over the phone ensued, and that the 16-year-old fatally shot her.

Did anyone in Federal Way or the surrounding area see or hear anything the evening of February 13, 2025, that could help explain what happened?