1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:01,560 Speaker 1: Crime Alert. 2 00:00:01,560 --> 00:00:04,800 Speaker 2: I'm Nancy Grace breaking crimes now. Elle Young twenty two, 3 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:07,720 Speaker 2: a University Tennessee med student, parks for Jape to join 4 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:11,320 Speaker 2: a charity cancer walk, but notices her ex boyfriend's car 5 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 2: pull up behind her. Suddenly, two shots rang out. She 6 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 2: stumbles out of her car, bleeding, and Jackson Hopper approaches 7 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 2: al fires another shot as she lies on the ground. 8 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:25,959 Speaker 2: El Young pronounced dead on the scene. Hopper fled, but 9 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:28,640 Speaker 2: not before a bystander took a picture of his license plate. 10 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 3: Nancy Hopper was apprehended hours later when he led a 11 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 3: short high speed chase that ended with him crashing his car. 12 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:38,559 Speaker 3: Hopper was taken to the hospital for evaluation, then released 13 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:41,920 Speaker 3: into police custody. Cops found a nine millimeter pistol in 14 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:45,840 Speaker 3: his vehicle. Young reportedly recently broke up with Hopper. Friends 15 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:49,599 Speaker 3: and family describe Elle as quote walking sunshine and very 16 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:52,559 Speaker 3: driven on her way to becoming an excellent physician. 17 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 2: Hopper, twenty six, charged with first a great murder Catherine 18 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 2: Geiger's seventy seven horsing around with friend Arthur Osborne fifty 19 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 2: eight at her Ohio apartment jokingly, Osborne asked her to 20 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 2: shoot him She reaches for her gun without hesitation points 21 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 2: and shoot. Geiger's horrifying when she realizes she actually shot Osborne. 22 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 2: Geiger thought the gun was unloaded. Geiger calls nine one one. 23 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:20,040 Speaker 2: Osborne rushed to the hospital. He does not survive. Catherine Geiger, 24 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 2: seventy seven, now charged with reckless homicide. More crime and 25 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:30,399 Speaker 2: justice news after this Now at the latest crime and 26 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 2: justice breaking news. Crime Onlines. 27 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 1: John Lenley, a former Louisiana state trooper, has pleaded no 28 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:39,959 Speaker 1: contest to reduce charges in the twenty nineteen arrest death 29 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 1: of Ronald Green, marking the first conviction in a police 30 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: brutality case that once drew national attention. Corey Yorke, one 31 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 1: of five officers originally indicted, avoided jail time and accepted 32 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 1: a year of probation. York had faced felony charges of 33 00:01:56,200 --> 00:02:00,919 Speaker 1: negligent homicide after bodycam footage showed him dragging a black 34 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 1: motorist by his ankle shackles and forcing him to lie 35 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: face down until he stopped breathing. In exchange for his 36 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:12,080 Speaker 1: plea to misdemeanor battery, Yorke agreed to testify against the 37 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:17,080 Speaker 1: sole officer still facing trial. Green's family expressed anger, claiming 38 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:19,519 Speaker 1: they were misled about the deal and robbed of a 39 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:22,799 Speaker 1: chance for a felony trial. The case had been marked 40 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:26,639 Speaker 1: by scandal, including allegations of a cover up and claims 41 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 1: of racism. Despite calls for transparencies, State authorities had initially 42 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:35,080 Speaker 1: told Green's family he died in a car crash, only 43 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 1: to be contradicted by video footage published by our friends 44 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 1: with the Associated Press in twenty twenty one. That footage 45 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 1: showed officers penning Green down repeatedly using a stun gun 46 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:51,119 Speaker 1: and at times striking him. District Attorney John Belton declined 47 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 1: to comment on whether justice was served, as federal investigations 48 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:59,920 Speaker 1: continue and a wrongful death lawsuit is under way. In Ohio, 49 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:04,360 Speaker 1: a police officer now faces murder charges following the fatal 50 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:07,959 Speaker 1: shooting of Taquia Young, a twenty one year old pregnant 51 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 1: black woman. As Sidney Sumner of Crime Online tells us, 52 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: it all unfolded during a confrontation that began over allegations 53 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: of shoplifting. 54 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 4: The incident occurred in late August of twenty twenty three, 55 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:23,359 Speaker 4: when Blendon Township officer Connor Grubb, along with a colleague, 56 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 4: approach Young as she sat in her vehicle outside a store. 57 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 4: Young was accused of stealing alcohol, and the officers ordered 58 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 4: her to exit the car. Instead, she began to slowly 59 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 4: move her vehicle forward. Grub then fired a single shot 60 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 4: through the windshield, striking Young in the chest. Both she 61 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 4: and the unborn child she was expecting in three months 62 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 4: did not survive. Now, a Franklin County grand jury has 63 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 4: indicted officer Grub on multiple charges, including murder, involuntary manslaughter, 64 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 4: and felonious assault. The indictment follows the release of body 65 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 4: camera footage, which sparked widespread outrage in demands for accountability. 66 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 4: The footage shows officers cursing and yelling at Young, with 67 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 4: Young herself questioning are you going to shoot me before 68 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 4: she attempted to drive away. The aftermath of the shooting 69 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 4: has drawn strong reactions. Sean Walton, the attorney representing Young's family, 70 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 4: emphasized the legal standards surrounding the use of deadly force 71 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 4: by police, questioning the necessity and proportionality of Grubb's actions. 72 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 4: The family has called the shooting a severe misuse of 73 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 4: police power, particularly given the minor nature of the alleged crime. 74 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:28,720 Speaker 4: In response to the indictment. Brian Steele, representing the Blendon 75 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:33,280 Speaker 4: Township Police Union, express deep disappointment defending Grubb's actions as 76 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:35,839 Speaker 4: the result of a quote split second decision in a 77 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 4: highly charged situation. Following the indictment, Blendon Township Police Chief 78 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 4: John Belford announced that the department has initiated a disciplinary 79 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:45,839 Speaker 4: review process for Officer Grubb. 80 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:50,039 Speaker 1: This review will run concurrently with the criminal proceedings as 81 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:52,719 Speaker 1: the community awaits further developments in the case. 82 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 2: Thanks John so Way to a Burning Ground thirteen a quiet, 83 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 2: artistic teane described as a good student and friend. She 84 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:01,840 Speaker 2: said that's good night to her parents, but the next 85 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 2: morning she's not in her room, her backpack missing, but 86 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 2: the rest of her belonging is untouched. She does not 87 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 2: have a cell phone. Searches near her Gerrio and Montana 88 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:15,279 Speaker 2: home turn up nothing. She has not contacted family or friends. 89 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:20,039 Speaker 2: Suweita Burden Ground now missing three weeks. Suweita Native American 90 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 2: five five, one hundred and forty pounds, brown hair, brown eyes. 91 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 2: Last scene wearing a black hoodie with mushrooms on it, 92 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 2: greay basketball shorts, purple slip on shoes, and an elk 93 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:35,080 Speaker 2: tooth necklace. She may be carrying a black and purple 94 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:38,719 Speaker 2: Adidas backpack. If you have info on suet A Burden 95 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 2: Ground just thirteen, please call the FBI Salt Lake City 96 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 2: four zero six six six ' five nine seven nine eight. 97 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:50,719 Speaker 2: For the latest crime injustice news, go to crime online 98 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 2: dot com and please join us for our daily podcast 99 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 2: Crime Stories with this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace.