Nicolas Belcher was 20 when he was fatally shot on the evening of March 6, 2018, while sitting in his car outside an apartment on Mesker Park Drive in Evansville, Indiana. A North High School and Ivy Tech Early College Program graduate, he was remembered by family and friends as caring, generous, and interested in music and video games.

Singer found Belcher in the vehicle, an altercation occurred, and Singer fired a single shot that struck Belcher in the head. Singer fled but was captured the next morning in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and later extradited to Indiana. He told police he had shot Belcher.

At trial the prosecution argued the killing was premeditated; the defense raised sudden heat of passion. The jury convicted Singer of murder after about 15 minutes of deliberation and he was sentenced to 55 years in prison.