Ja Quan J. Cummings, 25, was shot and killed in Cleveland’s Garden Valley neighborhood in the early hours of Memorial Day, May 25, 2026. Officers were called to the 7100 block of Garden Valley Avenue at about 2:49 a.m. after reports of gunfire. Responding personnel found Cummings with a gunshot wound; one report described the injury as to the abdomen. Cleveland EMS transported him to MetroHealth Medical Center while CPR was in progress, but he was later pronounced dead. The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office identified him as the victim, and an obituary published after his death gave his name as Ja’Quan M. Cummings, born November 24, 2000.

Public information at this stage is limited. Police have not released what led up to the shooting, whether Cummings was specifically targeted, whether anyone fled, or any detailed suspect description. Cleveland Police Homicide Unit described the case as an active investigation and no arrests or charges have been announced.

Did anyone in the Garden Valley area that night see or hear anything that could help investigators?