MEMPHIS, TN : Student killed near LeMoyne-Owen campus was aspiring lawyer on Tuesday, December 13th 2016

Family members identified the LeMoyne-Owen College student killed just off campus Tuesday night.

The student's uncle confirmed the victim was 21-year-old Donovan Mills.

Police said Mills was shot near the intersection of Saxon Avenue and Lenow Place. He was taken to the hospital in extremely critical condition, where he later died.

Family and friends said Mills was bound for law school.

“These senseless crimes have got to stop,” Brown said.

Mills would have graduated from LeMoyne-Owen in May. He wanted to be a lawyer and moved to Memphis to get a good education and escape the dangerous streets of Detroit.

“We brought him to what we thought was a safer environment in Memphis and now his life has been taken away,” Brown said.

Mills’ family said he was walking to a gas station when he was shot. He’s the oldest of four siblings and recently rejoined the choir at Greater White Stone Missionary Baptist Church.

“Overall he was a good young man, kind hearted, and would do anything for anybody,” Mills’ aunt Emma Brown said.

On campus on Wednesday, during a bell-ringing service, his friends and family prayed, read poems, and grieved.

“He meant something to a lot of people. He meant something to me,” Cynthia Riley said.

In September, a former student was shot on campus, causing the college to beef up patrols.

"We do have a new security company that we have employed over the last couple of months, and we've also installed sky cop cameras," LeMoyne-Owen spokesperson Daphne Thomas said.

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Student killed near LeMoyne-Owen campus was aspiring lawyer