MILWAUKEE — Ariel Spillner, A 26-year-old pharmacy student who was shot and killed in Milwaukee this week is being remembered by family and friends as a bright light whose warmth touched everyone she met.

Spillner was fatally shot Tuesday night around 9:40 p.m. near 39th and Lancaster Avenue. A 31-year-old woman was also shot, survived, and is in custody.

"She was the brightest light in every room — her infectious smile, her laugh," said Courtney Spillner, Ariel's sister. "She just was an absolutely amazing, creative, smart, beautiful individual inside and out. She would do anything for anybody at any point in time."

Ariel grew up in Arena, Wisconsin, where she was known for her warm and friendly personality. She was in her final year at Concordia University Wisconsin's School of Pharma

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