Pregnant reality star shot dead while holding toddler in horrific street attack

Daily Mirror

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Teodora Marcu, who was 26 weeks pregnant, was gunned down in the street and shot dead while holding her toddler in her arms
A pregnant reality star was shot dead in the street with her toddler daughter in her arms. Teodora Marcu was allegedly gunned down in cold blood by her ex-boyfriend who turned the gun on himself when cornered by the cops.
She was 26 weeks pregnant at the time of her death. The TV star, 23, was carrying her three-year-old daughter in her arms when the suspected killer, named as Robert Lupu, 49, allegedly shot her at close range.
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She left him when she found out he was lying about his marriage and he never accepted the relationship was over, according to reports. The reality star was fatally shot outside the Cosmopolis residential complex near the Romanian capital Bucharest on Saturday (31 May).
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Teodora, who found fame on a Love Island-type show called Insula Iubirii in her home country, had been at a kids' party with her cousin and her children. The pair posted images of the party on social media just minutes before the attack happened.
They left the party and went to buy ice cream together when the victim was reportedly shot four times in the chest and abdomen. The relative helped her on the street and tried to console her young daughter.
Meanwhile, the suspect calmly left the scene and was later tracked down by the cops. He allegedly shot himself when he was cornered, as reported by NeedToKnow.
The police said: 'Two lethal firearms were found on the man, one of which he used to commit suicide. The two weapons were seized by specialists from the Weapons Service of the Ilfov County Police Inspectorate and we are still trying to determine their origin.'
Teodora was expecting her second child with her partner Alexandru Marcu, an illusionist by profession, at the time of her death. She would have given birth to a son.
The investigation into her alleged murder is ongoing.