Ellie Claire Young, 22, was fatally shot on October 19, 2024, in the visitor center parking lot at Shelby Farms Park near Memphis. A first-year medical student at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and her high school valedictorian, she was remembered by family and friends as a smart, genuine person with an unforgettable laugh who planned a career helping others.

Around 12:15 p.m., after participating in the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk, Young was getting into her Jeep when a white Honda CRV pulled up beside her and the driver opened fire. Paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds.

The shooter was identified as Young’s 26-year-old ex-boyfriend, Jackson Hopper, who fled and led officers on an approximately 80-mile multi-county chase that ended in Dyer County when his vehicle crashed and overturned. Officers recovered a 9mm handgun from his car; Hopper was taken into custody and held without bond on charges including first-degree murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony, along with additional charges related to the chase in other counties.

Did anyone at Shelby Farms that day see something that could help piece together what happened?