An 18-year-old musician pursuing her dreams in Nashville is shot in the head by stray bullet while out walking — and the story only gets worse from there

Jillian Ludwig, Shaquille Taylor

Jillian Ludwig, Shaquille Taylor (images via Metropolitan Nashville Police Department)

Jillian Ludwig was an 18-year-old musician from Wall, New Jersey, pursuing her dreams in Nashville, Tennessee, studying music business as a freshman at Belmont University. On Tuesday, Ludwig, an “avid runner,” was fatally shot in the head by a stray bullet while she was out walking on a track in Edgehill Community Memorial Gardens Park. Tragically, the man later arrested as the shooting suspect is far from a stranger to police. In fact, the Davidson County District Attorney revealed the suspect was previously charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon as recently as April, but the case went nowhere.

Why? Because suspect Shaquille Taylor, 29, was found incompetent to stand trial — and yet wasn’t eligible to be involuntarily committed to a mental health facility.

DA Glenn Funk said in a statement Wednesday that his office attempted to prosecute Taylor but he was released from custody on May 19, roughly half a year ago.

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