NJ student, 18, fighting for her life after stray gunfire in Nashville

🔶 NJ woman shot by stray bullet in TN

🔶 Victim is young college student

🔶 18-year-old is fighting for life in hospital

An 18-year-old college student from Monmouth County was critically wounded by stray gunfire in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday.

Jillian Ludwig was walking on a track in Edgehill Community Memorial Gardens Park, according to Metro Nashville Police on X.

Ludwig is a Wall Township High School graduate now enrolled at Belmont University.

Police then arrested accused gunman, 29-year-old Shaquille Taylor, who has been charged with aggravated assault and evidence tampering.

As of Wednesday, Ludwig was in “extremely critical condition” at Vanderbilt Medical Center.

Ludwig is a musician, including work as an instructor at the Lakehouse Music Academy in Asbury Park, according to a LinkedIn profile and the academy’s own Facebook page.

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