Suspect charged in January shooting death of 17-year-old boy in Montgomery

Suspect charged in January shooting death of 17-year-old boy in Montgomery

A 20-year-old has been arrested in the January shooting death of a Montgomery teen.

Ja’Marquez Quinn is charged with manslaughter in the Jan. 14 death of a 17-year-old boy. Police did not release the teen’s name.

Shortly before 2:30 p.m. that Sunday, police responded to a Montgomery hospital on a report of someone shot.

They arrived to find the teen had been shot and pronounced dead.

Maj. Saba Coleman said investigators determined the fatal shooting happened in the 2400 block of Meadow Ridge Road.

The U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force took Quinn into custody Thursday. He was booked into the Montgomery County Detention Facility Friday on $30,000 bond.

No additional information was released.