CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A local jewelry store is hosting a special event this weekend to raise funds for the Ellis Reed Parlier Memorial Foundation. On Saturday, Kendra Scott at SouthPark Mall will donate 20% of all proceeds to the foundation.
19-year-old Parlier died in 2019, in a mass shooting on the campus of UNC Charlotte. Parlier and fellow student Riley Howell were killed. Four other people were hurt.
Parlier, from Midland, was a computer science major who loved video games, and wanted to become a video game developer. Friends, family and professors say he was independent, motivated, witty and kind…