On the late morning of May 31, 2026, police responding to a domestic assault call in the 5000 block of Magnolia Chase Way in Virginia Beach found 22-year-old Natasha Forbes dead from gunshot wounds. Also at the scene was 22-year-old Quentell Lawrence, described as suffering life-threatening, self-inflicted gunshot wounds. The preliminary investigation indicates Lawrence shot Forbes and then shot himself. Both Forbes and Lawrence were active-duty U.S. Navy members.

The shooting followed a separate incident the previous day, May 30, when an unresponsive infant in a vehicle on Lynnhaven Parkway was pronounced dead at a local hospital. Investigators say that infant was connected to Forbes and Lawrence; the infant’s cause and manner of death remain pending the Medical Examiner’s determination. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service has joined the probe.

Lawrence was taken to a hospital in critical condition, placed in a medically induced coma, and has been charged with Second-Degree Murder and Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony; initial court appearances were postponed because he could not appear. The investigation is ongoing. If anyone knew Natasha Forbes or has information about the events on Magnolia Chase Way or Lynnhaven Parkway, please come forward.