“The Voice” star Christina Grimmie shot at autograph session – tz.de

Christina Grimmie has been shot at an autograph session in Orlando, Florida by an unknown person.

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Miami – The 22-year-old US singer Christina Grimmie has been shot at an autograph session in Orlando, Florida by an unknown

the police announced on Saturday that the attacker killed then by a shot himself.

Grimmie was, among other things by an appearance in the talent show” the Voice “radio station NBC announced. Before the attack Grimmie had occurred in Orlando with the group Before You Exit. When she took part in an autograph session for fans, according to the police report, a man came up to them and shot at them.

“Christina’s brother pounced on the suspect who shot and killed himself, “said the police. The attacker

was therefore two weapons. “We do not know if it was some crazy fan who followed her on Twitter or in the social networks,” said police spokeswoman Wanda Miglio. Grimmie was the first evidence shows not immediately dead but was brought wounded in the Orlando Regional Medical Center, but later succumbed to their injuries. Grimmie had 2011 their first album “Find me” released.

About the identity and motives of the perpetrator, who is said to have carried two guns with him, was first nothing is known. Speculation on Saturday were that the shooter might have been a mentally disturbed fan of pop singer.

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