Memphis med student shot and killed after charity cancer walk, ex-boyfriend charged

A medical pupil was fatally shot aft a foundation bosom crab locomotion successful Memphis implicit the play and her ex-boyfriend is facing charges arsenic the alleged shooter, officials said.

Ellie Claire Young, 22, was fatally changeable successful the parking batch astatine Shelby Farms Park, conscionable extracurricular Memphis, astir noon past Saturday, the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office said. She was pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

Witnesses told WREG that Young was getting into her car aft the American Cancer Society locomotion erstwhile different car pulled up alongside the conveyance and changeable her.

Jackson Hopper (Shelby County Sheriff’s Office)

The fishy was arrested pursuing a constabulary chase. He was identified arsenic Jackson Hopper — Young’s ex-boyfriend. The 26-year-old is being held successful Shelby County Jail without bail. He has been charged with first-degree murder, but further charges could beryllium added.

A enslaved proceeding is scheduled for Oct. 28. Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy volition petition the fishy not beryllium fixed bail owed to the severity of the crime.

He’s besides facing charges successful aggregate different counties related to the constabulary pursuit.

Internal reviews into the apprehension are besides being conducted aft cellphone video showed officers seeming to punch Hopper. He appears to person sustained injuries successful his booking photo.

A candlelight vigil for the victim was held Tuesday nighttime successful adjacent Halls, Tenn., drafting a assemblage of hundreds.

Young was a first-year student astatine the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and aspired to beryllium a doctor, friends said.