A Ball State graduate died Wednesday night in a shooting in a southeast Washington, D.C., neighborhood.
Charnice Milton, 27, graduated from Ball State with a bachelor's degree in communication studies. At Syracuse University, she earned a master's degree in magazine, newspaper and online journalism.
She was waiting for a bus after covering a meeting for the Capital Community News when she "was tragically gunned down in an apparently random shooting," according to a statement CCN released Thursday afternoon.
"Charnice was a talented reporter with an engaging manner that endeared her to her sources," the statement said. "She was a valued member of the CCN news team."
She had been working for CCN since August 2012.
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