Influencer María José Estupiñán, 22, shot dead at her door by hitman posing as a delivery driver
Influencer María José Estupiñán, 22, has been shot dead at point-blank range by a man posing as a delivery driver, according to The Sun.
The Colombian beauty star, who worked as model, was targeted as she stepped outside her home in the La Riviera neighbourhood of the city of Cucuta, Colombia.
The gunman approached the beauty queen at her door and fired, with the bullet hitting her in the right cheekbone.
CCTV footage showed a suspect running away.
Despite being taken to hospital quickly, Estupiñán died from her injuries.
Police believe the shooting could be linked to an alleged domestic violence hearing involving the model and her ex-boyfriend, although that has not been confirmed.
'She was killed by a man who pretended to be delivering a package,' Cucuta Metropolitan Police Colonel Leonardo Capacho said, according to The Sun.
Estupiñán was studying media studies at the Francisco de Paula Santander University.
The murder comes days after TikTok star Valeria Marquez, 23, was shot dead during a TikTok livestream from her beauty salon in Mexico.
Marquez was speaking to viewers when someone delivered a parcel to her salon in Zapopan, a city in the state of Jalisco.
'He's a little piglet!' the influencer said as she unwrapped a stuffed animal.
Just moments later, she was seen slumped over her chair in a pool of blood on her desk as the livestream continued.
The livestream ended when an unknown person picked up her phone, with their face being shown briefly to viewers.
In Colombia, there were 633 femicides in 2022 and 630 in 2023, according to the PARES foundation which says gender-based violence is an ongoing problem in South America.
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