Glamorous medical student, 22, is shot dead after breast cancer charity walk

A glamorous aesculapian student was changeable dormant aft participating successful a bosom cancer kindness walk. 

Ellie Young, 22, was sitting wrong her Jeep Wrangler aft participating successful nan bosom crab consciousness walks astatine Shelby Farms Park successful Memphis, Tennessee, erstwhile her precocious ex-boyfriend Jackson Hopper allegedly changeable her respective times connected Saturday. 

Witnesses said Hopper allegedly rolled up down her conveyance successful a achromatic Honda CRV pinch impermanent Kentucky tags and fired 2 shots into her car, according to Action News 5. 

'I was stepping towards my car and nan young woman was getting successful her Jeep and a man came successful a achromatic car and changeable her twice,' witnesser Monica Bell told WREG.  

Young past exited her car and Hopper allegedly fired different information arsenic she laic connected nan crushed earlier he fled nan scene. She was pronounced dormant connected nan scene. 

The University of Tennessee student and Hopper had precocious surgery up, nan victim's family told deputies, according to Action News 5. 

Hopper was taken into custody aft flipping his car during a pursuit and was seen sporting a gnarly achromatic oculus successful court, wherever he pleaded not blameworthy to first-degree murder. 

The 26-year-old besides faces charges successful Tipton County for reckless driving, aggravated assault, driving connected nan roadway into traffic, speeding 21+ complete nan velocity limit, resisting arrest, disregarding a extremity sign, filing a mendacious report, reckless endangerment, possession of a firearm successful nan committee of vulnerable felony, and felony evading arrest, according to Action News 5. 

The Shelby County District Attorney has requested Hopper beryllium held without bond.  

'The execution of Ellie Young astatine Shelby Farms Park is simply a heartbreaking tragedy, and my deepest condolences spell retired to her family and friends,' DA Steve Mulroy wrote successful a statement. 

'Miss Young's lawsuit underscores nan captious request to reside nan wide rumor of home and friendly partner violence.' 

Young's sorority sister, Danni Fewell, remembered nan young female arsenic 'kind' and 'genuine.' 

'She was passionate, determined, and she was selfless,' she said, according to Action News 5. 'The joyousness she brought into each room was conscionable contagious to everyone astir her. 

'Her agleam early arsenic a expert was thing she looked guardant to for arsenic agelong arsenic I knew her. She was wished to alteration nan world.

'Her grin was seen and her laughter was heard from complete a mile away.' 

Her sorority sisters will beryllium holding a candlelight vigil successful her grant connected Tuesday astatine 7pm. 

'We are profoundly saddened and astatine a nonaccomplishment of words for nan caller passing of our sister, Ellie Young. She was a ray successful each room she walked in. She was kind, smart, humble, genuine, and a domiciled exemplary to each of us. There will ne'er beryllium different 1 for illustration her,' Chi Omega-Xi Zeta said.  

UT's Health Science Center, wherever she studied, besides released a statement, writing: 'As a community, we are committed to providing nan basal resources and support to thief our students, faculty, and staff... Our student leaders and friends of Ellie are readying various gatherings to retrieve their friend.' 

A GoFundMe has been started for nan aesculapian student's ceremonial expenses.  

'Ellie was taken from america excessively soon. A beautiful psyche wrong and out,' Macey Daniel, who started nan fundraiser, wrote. 'She was stepping sunshine, and nan world is now a darker spot without her.' 

Hopper is expected backmost successful tribunal connected Tuesday.