Brazilian fitness influencer Luanne Murta Jardim dos Santos Martins was fatally gunned down in front of her family during an alleged robbery gone bad in Rio De Janeiro.
statement posted to her Instagram page“Our dear star Luanne passed on to shine brighter,” they wrote in Portuguese. “Is in heaven with our Lord Jesus Christ. On behalf of the whole family, we thank you for all the messages of affection we are receiving. And we know Lu is getting all this love too.”
The tragedy occurred on the evening of May 21 while Martins was out with her husband and their young son in Rio De Janeiro, Jam Press reported. Their family outing took a horrific turn after several suspects approached their vehicle and started shooting, hitting her in the shoulder with the bullet passing into her heart.
While the incident is being investigated as an attempted robbery, the victim’s father Atanael Jardim believes that it was a targeted attack, claiming that his daughter was followed prior to the shooting.. “No one shoots at another car with the windows closed.” “I’m fine, Miguelzinho is also fine,” he wrote in an update to her Instagram page. “Miguelzinho hurt his face. Some pieces of shrapnel went in his face, but he’s okay.”
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