A Lake County man charged in the shooting death of his ex-girlfriend has now been indicted by a grand jury in Memphis.
WREG said 27 year old Jackson Hopper was indicted for first degree murder in the October of 2024 shooting death of 22 year old Ellie Young.
Young was a medical student at the UT Health Science Center in Memphis, when she was shot to death at Shelby Farms Park following a Breast Cancer Awareness walk.
Following the shooting, Hopper led multiple law enforcement agencies on a pursuit that continued until he crashed on Highway 51 in Dyer County.
He has been held in a Memphis jail on no bond since his arrest.
