- Jillian Ludwig, an 18-year-old from New Jersey, was struck in the back of the head by a bullet while walking along a track at a park in Nashville Tuesday
- She died overnight at Vanderbilt University Medical Center after cringing to life for more than a day, according to police
- Shaquille Taylor, 29, was arrested and faces charges of aggravated assault and evidence tampering and was being held on a $280,000 bond
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A New Jersey college freshman has died after she was shot in the head by a stray bullet fired by a man who was arrested last year for firing into a car with children but was freed on grounds of mental illness.
Jillian Ludwig, an 18-year-old from New Jersey, was struck in the back of the head by a bullet while walking along a track at a park in Nashville at around 2:30 pm Tuesday.
She died overnight at Vanderbilt University Medical Center after cringing to life for more than a day, according to police.
Shaquille Taylor, 29, was arrested in connection with the shooting and faces charges of aggravated assault and evidence tampering and was being held on a $280,000 bond.
Taylor has a long criminal history and was previously accused of shooting into a car in 2021 where a 3-year-old and 1-year-old were in the back seat.
Taylor was originally charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and admitted to the crime but Judge Angelita Blackshear Dalton dismissed the case because he was deemed incompetent.
Jillian Ludwig, an 18-year-old from New Jersey, was struck in the back of the head by a bullet while walking along a track at a park in Nashville at around 2:30 pm Tuesday
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Shaquille Taylor, 29, was arrested in connection with the shooting and faces charges of aggravated assault and evidence tampering and was being held on a $280,000 bond
Taylor has a criminal history and was previously accused of shooting into a car in 2021 where a 3-year-old and 1-year-old were in the back seat
Taylor’s criminal history began in 2011, when police seized a .40 caliber handgun from him during an incident when he was a juvenile.
In 2015, he was charged with robbery and given probation. The next year, Taylor was sentenced to a year in jail when he violated that probation and charged with aggravated burglary.
He was arrested again in 2021, when he and another man fired a gun into a car with children and he was charged with aggravated assault.
Just this year, Taylor was released from custody after three court-appointed psychologists deemed him ‘incompetent to stand trial,’ but he also didn’t qualify to go to a mental health facility.
Taylor was arrested again in 2023, and charged with auto theft but released on bail.
An arrest warrant was issued for him last Friday when he failed to show up in court.
