Valeria Marquez, a very popular Mexican TikToker, was gunned down on May 13 in her salon in Jalisco, Mexico, The New York Post reported, citing El Imparcial.
Valeria Marquez was midway through a livestream with her followers when a shooter pulled up outside the Blossom the Beauty Lounge salon and opened fire.
The shooter was pretending to deliver a present to Marquez and shot her in the chest and head.
Some of Marquez’s followers witnessed the shooting during the livestream. Police are currently investigating the case.
In a statement from the Jalisco State Attorney’s Office obtained by USA Today, prosecutors said Marquez’s murder is being investigated as femicide, sometimes called feminicide.
Local authorities are treating the case as a femicide, a grim reminder of the ongoing wave of gender-based violence in parts of Mexico.
Valeria’s murder has reignited public outcry about the safety of women, especially those in the public eye.
The investigation is ongoing, and police are working to identify the attacker and uncover the motive behind the crime.
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