Gloria Zamora Killed After Speaking Out Against Ex

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A California fitness influencer who amassed a huge following and recently shared personal details online about her previous relationship was fatally shot Saturday by her estranged husband while on a date with another person, Fontana Police say.
Gloria Zamora, 40, created a platform with over 150,000 followers on Instagram, empowering women as a mother of six while sharing fitness content and motivation. She had recently appeared on an episode of the Herizon podcast last week to discuss her fitness journey and the details of her second marriage falling apart amid her rise in influence.
'Instead of you being supportive, you're over here trying to like bring me down,' Zamora said of her ex in a clip of the episode captioned 'With husbands like these, who needs enemies?'
The podcast host Isene responded, 'His insecurities are yelling to you. His projection is real. He's trying to bring you down so you don't leave.'
Almost a week after the episode aired, Zamora was fatally shot alongside her date, Hector Garduno, 43, in the parking lot of Falcon Ridge Town Center in Fontana, California, Fontana Police officer Steve Reed told ABC7.
Reed said the suspected shooter was Zamora's 'estranged' husband, Thomas Lizarraga, 45, who tracked her down amid a pending divorce.
'We don't know how he knew where she was at, but apparently, she had been at the restaurant for approximately an hour prior to the shooting,' Reed said.
Lizarraga was fatally shot by an off-duty San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy who heard the shooting, Reed said.
Zamora and Garduno were taken to local hospitals, where they later succumbed to their injuries, police told HuffPost. The investigation is ongoing.
'A woman tried to leave a toxic, dangerous relationship and he responded with 'If I can't have you, no one will,'' Isene wrote in an Instagram story. 'That wasn't love, that was control. That was violence that was a man driven by ego and emotional instability who couldn't accept that she chose peace over pain.'
Isene said in her post that Zamora 'gave this man 15 years of her life,' but when she asked for a divorce, 'he chose destruction over healing.'
In a GoFundMe, Zamora's daughters described their mom as a light in her community who 'uplifted and inspired countless women, reminding them of their worth, their strength, and their potential'.
'She always said, 'Women can do anything they set their minds to,' and she lived those words every day,' Zamora's daughters wrote. 'Her courage, kindness, and determination touched the lives of everyone who knew her.'
Garduno's children have also launched a GoFundMe, describing their father as a 'hardworking man.'