"Voice" artist Christina Grimmie was lethally shot by a 21-year-old white male — furnished with two weapons and a blade — who had gone to Orlando from another city in Florida particularly to kill her, police said Saturday.
Grimmie, who had wrapped up her show with Before You Exit at the Plaza Live Theater, was shot late Friday while marking signatures and meeting fans. The suspect shot and executed himself after he was handled by Grimmie's sibling. The 22-year-old vocalist kicked the bucket around five hours after the fact at an Orlando healing facility.
Orlando Police Chief John Mina declined to discharge the name of the suspect pending further examination, however said that he had originated from another — unidentified — Florida city to slaughter Grimmie.
"He came here to carry out this wrongdoing and had arrangements to make a trip back to where he originated from," Mina said.
Mina said there was no sign that Grimmie knew her attacker.
He said investigators were endeavoring to get data from the suspect's telephone and had not yet settled a thought process in the executing. He said investigators were on the way to the suspect's home city to hunt his living arrangement.
Mina demonstrated that the suspect wanted to leave Orlando by some type of open transportation, for example, plane, prepare or transport.
"There is no auto that we are searching for," Mina said. "He made travel courses of action to get back where he was going."
Police said the suspect was conveying two handguns, extra ammo and an extensive chasing blade.
The shooting happened close to the back of the venue around 10 p.m. while Grimmie was facilitating a meet-and-welcome for fans. There were around 120 individuals in the theater at the time.
Mina said the shooter "drew closer her and opened flame, striking her."
The police boss said the theater's security protects look the sacks of concertgoers when they arrive, however don't utilize a metal finder.
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