The Brief
- Family and friends believe Elaijia Whitley was killed in a domestic violence incident involving her partner.
- Police found Whitley shot inside her car outside her job but have not identified a suspect or motive.
- Loved ones held a pink balloon release, remembering Whitley as kindhearted and ambitious with dreams of working in medicine.
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. – Family and friends gathered Sunday outside the Pleasant Hill shopping center in Gwinnett County to remember 21-year-old Elaijia Whitley, who police say was found shot to death outside her job two days earlier.
Whitley was discovered in her car with a gunshot wound Friday afternoon outside the BioLife Plasma Services center, along Pleasant Hill Road, where she worked, according to Gwinnett County police. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Officers said she was found inside her car with a gunshot wound but have not released details on a suspect or motive.…