ENTERTAINMENT: The killing of “The Voice” Christina Grimmie

06/13/2016 | 4:02 0 Posted in Entertainment, The World

In an unfortunate incident that occurred at Orlando, Florida, the singer-songwriter was fatally shot dead in Atlanta Florida. Christina Grimmie who started her career as a singer on youtube with a different name had risen to emerge as “The Voice” in 2014.

It is stated that Christina was in Florida for a concert and had finished her performance after which she was obliging some enthusiastic fans of hers by signing autographs for them.

Little did the singer and songwriter realize that death was lurking in the background; she was shot at close range by a gunman. She was rushed to the hospital while her brother grappled with the shooter who committed suicide on the spot by shooting himself too.

Her publicist Heather Walsh, who was functioning as a publicist for Christina, emailed the news of her demise; Walsh sent in an email to confirm that Grimmie had indeed passed away as a result of the shooting incident.

The death of the 22 year old was also confirmed by the Orlando Police through a tweet on their official page on Twitter. In a press statement issued by the Orlando Police it was stated that the singer had come to perform at the Plaza Live in Orlando when the incident occurred.

She had performed in the concert with the band “Before you Exit” and had later gone to a merchandise table to meet her fans and interact with them, the Press Release said.

They further stated that Christina’s brother tried to wrestle down the assailant but could not control him; in the melee that ensued, the gunman shot himself and died on the spot.

The police did not reveal the identity of the gunman; they also did not specify as to what the motive for the homicide was adding that Grimmie’s brother has also probably saved a few other people from getting shot at.

Grimmie, who was from New Jersey, had been a part of Adam Levine’s Maroon 5 team during season 6 of “The Voice” which is conducted by NBC; she had performed so well that she stood third in that event.

In fact she had started her singing career on Youtube under the name of Zeldaxlove64 and had been quite popular receiving millions of views.