A large police presence surrounds a white vehicle in the parking lot of the Promenade at Pleasant Hills shopping center in Duluth as Gwinnett County police investigate a homicide on Oct. 31, 2025. (FOX 5) A large police presence surrounds a white vehicle in the parking lot of the Promenade at Pleasant Hills shopping center in Duluth as Gwinnett County police investigate a homicide on Oct. 31, 2025. (FOX 5) A large police presence surrounds a white vehicle in the parking lot of the Promenade at Pleasant Hills shopping center in Duluth as Gwinnett County police investigate a homicide on Oct. 31, 2025. (FOX 5) A large police presence surrounds a white vehicle in the parking lot of the Promenade at Pleasant Hills shopping center in Duluth as Gwinnett County police investigate a homicide on Oct. 31, 2025. (FOX 5) A large police presence surrounds a white vehicle in the parking lot of the Promenade at Pleasant Hills shopping center in Duluth as Gwinnett County police investigate a homicide on Oct. 31, 2025. (FOX 5) Elaijia Whitley (FOX 5 Atlanta obtained permission from the rights holder) Family and friends released pink balloons to honor 21-year-old Elaijia Whitley, who police say was found shot to death outside her job at BioLife Plasma Services, at the Promenade at Pleasant Hill shopping center in Gwinnett County on Nov. 2, 2025. (FOX 5) DULUTH, Ga. - The man accused of killing a woman outside her workplace in Duluth is dead, according to police.
What we know:
The Gwinnett County Police Department said Eliajia Whitley, 21, was shot and killed Friday afternoon by her ex-boyfriend, Caprice Hudson, 23. Officers found Whitley in her car with a gunshot wound outside the BioLife Plasma Services center along Pleasant Hill Road, where she worked. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said investigators later tracked Hudson to Columbia County, Georgia, after the shooting. Sheriff’s deputies there found his vehicle and attempted to stop it. A chase followed and ended with a PIT maneuver, but when deputies approached the car, they found Hudson dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Dig deeper:
Family members had previously told reporters they believed Hudson was responsible for Whitley’s death. Police confirmed that information Monday morning.
The family also held a balloon release in Whiley's honor on Sunday.
The Source: Information in this article came from the Gwinnett County Police Department and past FOX 5 reporting which is linked above.