THE suspected killer of a beauty influencer who was shot dead during a live stream allegedly left a bouquet of red roses with a chilling note outside her salon.
TikTok star Valeria Marquez, 23, waswhen a man in Mexico “and fired a gun at her”;;, according to prosecutors.
The social media influencer was during a TikTok livestream on Tuesday in the beauty salon where she worked in the city of Zapopan, in the state of Jalisco.
According to the Jalisco Prosecutor’s Office , she had been filming at Blossom The Beauty Lounge when a man entered the establishment and fired three shots at her with a firearm.
Just days after her tragic death, a mysterious bouquet of red roses was left outside the shop on Thursday with a chilling note.
The flowers were left in a vase with a ribbon and were packed in black decorative paper.
They were accompanied by a note that simply said: “Sorry.”;;
The bouquet was considered suspicious and is thought to have been left by the suspected killer.
Cops rushed to the scene to gather evidence and remove it from the scene.
Marquez was fatally shot in her chest and head - allegedly by a man pretending to bring her a gift.
showed the moments before Márquez’s death.
Disturbing images showed her scanning the entrance to her shop before looking down at bullet wounds on her body.
She then appeared to suffer a fatal headshot.
Terrified viewers tuned in to the livestream at the time were left stunned, with many refusing to believe it was real at first.
The suspect was seen fleeing the scene on a motorbike with an accomplice.
Paramedics rushed to the scene shortly after, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Local media speculated that the two people arrived outside her salon pretending to be deliverymen.
Thetold her he had an “expensive gift”;; for her before allegedly opening fire.
Márquezhad 84,000 followers on Instagram, where she also shared beauty content andcomedyclips for her fans.
The original footage of her liverstream has since been removed from her page.
Cops shut off the area around the victim’s shop to collect evidence.
They have since launched a probe and a manhunt is underway.
The prosecutor’s office said: “According to the initial investigation, she was in her establishment when a man entered and apparently shot her several times with a firearm, killing her.”;;
Infobae , an Argentinian online newspaper, reported that a man has been named on social media as the prime suspect in the murder of Marquez.
It added, “the leader of the Elite Group of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) has allegedly been in a relationship with Valeria Marquez for several months.”;;
However, investigators told Infobae that, despite rumors about the alleged killer, “that name is not formally included in the file, nor has it been mentioned in testimony.”;;
The prosecutor’s office said in a statement that she was found dead upon the arrival of paramedics.
Mexico has the second highest number of femicides in Latin America, according to the UN.
In December, aand model was shot dead outside a gym reportedly in a targeted attack in Tijuana, Mexico.
Fedra Oded Gaxiola Orozco, 24, was gunned down in broad daylight while sitting in her blackBenz.
