Popular sorority member 'shot dead by another woman in front of terrified friends in road rage dispute'

Sparkles Lindsay, 21, faces multiple counts in the shooting death of 22-year-old Kimberly Kilgore

Police say a road rage incident turned into a physical altercation outside Ms Kilgore's apartment before Ms Lindsay shot her

Ms Lindsay has multiple violent arrests in her past and had only been released from prison three months before Ms Kilgore's murder

A violent ex-con has been charged with multiple counts in the road rage shooting death of a 21-year-old female Georgia college student.

Sparkles Lindsay, 22, followed Kimberly Kilgore, 21, into her gated apartment complex last year and shot her to death while her best friend sat in the passenger seat and watched in horror, police say.

Ms Lindsay faces a charge of malice murder, two counts of felony murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm during commission of a felony, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Awful: Police say Sparkles Lindsay (left) shot Kimberly Kilgore (right) dead after a road rage incident



The 22-year-old and her friends reportedly had a heated altercation with Ms Kilgore and friend Shannon Stone around 2am Oct 11 just outside the Kennesaw apartment complex where Ms Kilgore lived, sources told the paper.

Despite the complex being gated, Ms Lindsay drove into the parking lot, and escalated the incident into a physical altercation. The violent woman then pulled out a gun and fired multiple shots at Ms Kilgore, police told multiple local media outlets.

Ms Stone helplessly watched her best friend get gunned down.

‘I was in the passenger seat and she was looking right at me when it happened. I was the last sight she saw before her life was taken, and I couldn’t stop it,’ the grieving friend told WSB.

Best friends: Shannon Stone (right) watched in horror as Ms Kilgore (left) was coldly gunned down

'My ride or die': Ms Stone (left) said she and Ms Kilgore (right) were 'inseperable'

In court: Ms Lindsay appears at a court hearing last year

Ms Lindsay and her friends then sped off into the night while an ambulance raced to try to save Ms Kilgore’s life. The Kennesaw State University student died later that night after being taken off life support.

The popular girl’s friends struggled to deal with her sudden violent death.

‘This girl was my ride or die, I did everything with her, she never separated,’ Ms Stone added. ‘She was always by my side.’

‘She was a beautiful person inside and out, Her personality just lifted everybody up,’ an unnamed friend told WSB.

‘We are just praying for Kim's family,’ friend Emily Benton told WXIA. ‘It is an indescribable feeling. We're just very heartbroken.’

Devastated: The restaurant where Ms Kilgore worked struggled to cope with her sudden violent death

Heartbroken: Friend Alisa Parnell questioned how such a violent death could happen to Ms Kilgore

The gang: The waitresses at the restaurant had a hard time coming to grips with Ms Kilgore not being there each weekend

Alisa Pannell struggled to talk through tears.

‘Kim, we love you and we’re gonna miss you,’ she told WSB, adding ‘we’re walking around and can’t even describe the feeling… how can somebody do that, how do you do that to an innocent person?’

Authorities have not publicly commented about the fight that led to the shooting, but have said they do not believe the two women knew each other.

Ms Lindsay was arrested only a few days later and booked into Cobb County Jail on murder charges.

Just after the shooting: Ms Kilgore's apartment complex was mobbed by police and other emergency responders

Officials significantly upped the charges this week and refused to grant bail.

WXIA first revealed Ms Lindsay’s violent criminal past, which includes multiple arrests for battery, fighting in a public place, and theft since 2009.

She had been released from prison only three months prior to Ms Kilgore’s violent murder.