A dispute at an apartment complex in Bellevue ended with a 17-year-old dead. On the evening of October 18, 2025, Ja’Quan Nolan was visiting friends at the Forest Park Apartments when an argument on an apartment balcony escalated into gunfire. Nolan was struck in the back of the head and died at the scene; an adult man on the balcony suffered a graze wound and was later treated and released.

Investigators say the fatal shot was fired by Nolan’s cousin, 19-year-old Marquez Reed. Reed, 21-year-old Malichi Cummins, and a 16-year-old who had been with Nolan allegedly fired multiple rounds into the apartment, which was occupied by an adult man and woman and four small children. Video evidence and witness statements were used to identify Reed as the shooter; footage also showed Cummins removing a gun from Nolan as the group fled.

All three suspects were arrested in the days after the shooting. Reed was already in custody on unrelated auto burglary charges when an arrest warrant was issued; he faces criminal homicide, felony reckless endangerment, and use of a gun in the commission of a dangerous felony. Cummins was arrested on a theft charge and, along with the juvenile, faces attempted murder and felony reckless endangerment for firing into the occupied apartment.

Does anyone have information about Nolan, the people he was with that night, or what led to the argument?