A 23-year-old Mexican social media influencer has been shot lifeless whereas dwell streaming on TikTok, the state prosecutor’s workplace mentioned.
Valeria Marquez was killed when a person entered her magnificence salon within the metropolis of Guadalajara “and apparently fired a gun at her”, in response to the Jalisco state prosecutor’s workplace.
The motive for the deadly assault has not been recognized however the case is being investigated as a femicide – when girls and women are killed due to their gender, the state prosecutor mentioned.
Gender-based violence is very widespread in Mexico the place the UN stories 10 girls or women are murdered on daily basis by companions or relations.
Moments earlier than her dying, Ms Marquez was sitting at a desk holding a stuffed animal at her magnificence salon within the suburb of Zapopan doing a livestream.
Seconds later, she is shot lifeless, with the footage solely ending when one other individual picks up her telephone to cease the recording.
Native media stories say she was killed by a person pretending to deliver her a present.
Police arrived on the scene round 18:30 native time (12:30 GMT) and confirmed Ms Marquez’s dying, in response to the state prosecutor.
The prosecutor’s workplace didn’t identify a suspect.
Followers of Ms Marquez, whose social media following totalled almost 200,000 throughout TikTok and Instagram, have reacted with horror to her dying.
Mayor of Zapopan Juan José Frangie mentioned his workplace had no file of Ms Marquez requesting assist from the authorities because of threats towards her, including “a femicide is the worst factor”, in response to information company AFP.
The state prosecutor says forensic consultants are investigating the taking pictures.
