The Voice singer Christina Grimmie was fatally shot by a 27-year-old man — armed with two guns and a knife — who traveled to Orlando from another city in Florida specifically to kill her, police said Saturday.
Orlando police identified the suspected gunman as Kevin James Loibl, 27, of St. Petersburg, Fla.
Grimmie, who had wrapped up her show with Before You Exit at the Plaza Live Theater, was shot late Friday while signing autographs and meeting fans.
Loibl shot and killed himself after he was tackled by Grimmie's brother, Marcus.
The 22-year-old singer died about five hours later at an Orlando hospital.
Orlando Police Chief John Mina said earlier that there was no indication that Grimmie knew her assailant before he walked up to her during a meet-and-greet with fans and opened fire.
Mina said the suspect traveled from another — unidentified — Florida city to kill Grimmie. "He came here to commit this crime and had plans to travel back to where he came from," he said.
Mina said detectives hoped to get information from the suspect's phone to help establish a motive for the killing. Detectives were sent to the suspect's home city to search his residence and any computers or other evidence.
USA Today
demented killers everywhere. This Orlando really had a bloody weekend. May God Almighty console all.
ReplyDeleteThey should all turn to God Almighty for protection. This is really bad.
I tell you
DeleteSick pple everywhere.
ReplyDeleteThis is becoming very scary...no safe haven anymore...we all ought find Gods faith..
DeleteRest in peace.
ReplyDeleteMad man
ReplyDeleteBunch of psychos, Rip beautiful one.
ReplyDeleteMay her soul continue to RIP
ReplyDeleteThe scum travelled from his city to hers for the sole purpose of killing this young beauty?
ReplyDeleteHonestly d Devil truly resides in some people's hearts!
Chai! Her poor family especially her brother that witnessed her death,it must be hard. So hard. Such senseless killing.
Rest on Beautiful!
Psycho
ReplyDeleteHe crushed on her for a long time and finally found a way to make his intentions known to her but then, Christina the fine geh was way out of his league and told him off in a very ego-crushing manner.
ReplyDeleteKevin couldn't take such rejection from a girl he'd probably been crushing on when she was nobody.
So he got up and said, "if I can't have her, no one else will"
So he travelled all the way from 'another city in Florida' to Orlando just because of her.
He knew where she'd be and when. Of course Christina was the kind of girl who'd want to humiliate you because you asked her out and she slapped you with a mighty NO.
So he waited for her to finish the show, while standing at not too far a distance, hoping she'd give him a tiny green light in the manner of a smile so he could abort the mission.
He still had one last hope.
Christina saw him standing not too far away,snickered and went back to signing the autographs. She loved the attention.
Not able to take the pain anymore, he made up his mind and shot her and killed himself.
I bet Christina never saw it coming. She died wishing she'd given the 'poor ugly boy' a chance but it was too late.
Theirs was a love sealed in death. 😅
Or. He was just a crazy, obsessed, psycho super-fan. Love indeed.
DeleteDude is a psycho
DeleteAnd I bet you're a demented goat 2, you probably have someone you're already planning for you to have that analysis and the sick glee I can sense from what you wrote. Ekpa
ReplyDeleteNa wa...o
ReplyDeleteSick
ReplyDeletePyscho.. Im sure he had a crush on her
ReplyDeleteIf he was a black man the case would have been ruled as a terrorist attack...just saying
ReplyDeleteMore bad things unfolding everyday
ReplyDeleteGod, please always protect and deliver us...Amen
Anon @10.24,you are so very funny,
ReplyDeleteAs the guy is not a Muslim he was not labelled terrorist. What a double standard of judging
ReplyDeleteGod please deliver us from this kind of murders.
ReplyDelete27 ke?He looks like a jobless 40year old man
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