The American singer Christina Grimmie, 22, revealed by the show “The Voice”, had just finished his concert with the Before You Exit group Friday night at Plaza Live Orlando, Fla.
she was signing autographs when a young man of 27, who was carrying two handguns and a knife opened fire on it before committing death with a bullet to the head. The singer immediately transported to the Regional Medical Center of Orlando, has died from his injuries.
The profile of the shooter. The shooter, Kevin James Loibl, was in possession two chargers. He opened fire on the singer he was aiming directly. “The suspect in this case is not Orlando. He traveled to Orlando, apparently to commit the crime, and then planned to go home, “said John Saturday Mina, head of the local police. The suspect was from the city of St. Petersburg in the State of Florida, said the Orlando police. Investigators “sift through the mobile phone and the computer of the suspect to see if they can find a mobile in this crime,” he added at a press conference.
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The intervention of the brother of the singer. Between 60 and 100 spectators attended the concert and a handful of them were still present for an autograph session at the time of the tragedy. The brother of the singer, described as “heroes” by the police, rushed to the shooter, had told the authorities in the night. He had thus prevented the shooter “to hurt someone else,” stressed the police spokesman said.
An audience of young children. How can a man who carried a small arsenal on him was not arrested at the entrance of the room, where vigils yet were conducting security checks? “There are no metal detectors. People are not palpated. They open their bags and checked that there are no weapons in the bags, “conceded John Mina. The public who attended the concert Christina Grimmie was essentially “young children,” he said. “This is the kind of crowd you think she carries weapons in this kind of room.”
Already 5,800 deaths by firearms in 2016. murder adds to the long list of violence by firearms are almost daily in the United States. Since the beginning of the year, there have already been more than 5,800 deaths by firearms in the country and more than 23,000 incidents involving firearms after the site Gunviolencearchive.org.
Christina Grimmie, who had participated in the 6th edition in 2014 of the famous “the Voice” show on NBC, had released his first album “Find me” in 2011. Born in New Jersey (northeast), she gained notoriety starting in 2009 posting covers of tubes on YouTube. His chain currently has over 3.1 million subscribers and his videos have been viewed almost 380 million times.
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“We are heartbroken,” responded Saturday NBC on the Twitter account of “the Voice”. “There are no words. We lost a beautiful soul with an amazing voice. “
The singer Adam Levine, jury member of” The Voice “and had chosen Christina Grimmie on his team, said he was” sad, shocked and clueless “on his Instagram account where he posted a photo with the singer.
the singer and producer Pharrell Williams and singer Christina Aguilera have also expressed their grief on Twitter.
on social networks, many fans Saturday shared videos of the artist’s performance, especially its resumption of Miley Cyrus tube “Wrecking Ball,” which caused a sensation in “the Voice”.
the stepfather of singer Selena Gomez, Brian Teefey, who was the manager of Christina Grimmie, opened an online Pool funding (GoFundMe.com) to raise money to help the family of the singer. “I have no words to describe the pain I feel,” he told People magazine. “Christina was like a second daughter to me. All I wanted was to help him realize his musical dreams, “he said.
The stepfather of singer Selena Gomez, Brian Teefey, who was the manager of Christina Grimmie, opened an online Pool funding (GoFundMe.com) to raise money to help the family of the singer. “I have no words to describe the pain I feel,” he told People magazine. “Christina was like a second daughter to me. All I wanted was to help him realize his musical dreams, “he said.
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