‘Voice’ Singer Christina Grimmie Fatally Shot at Concert

Singer Christina Grimmie, a former contestant on NBC’s The Voice, passed away early Saturday morning after being shot at her concert in Orlando.

Grimmie, 22, was opening for the band Before You Exit at the Plaza Live concert venue Friday night. After the show, Grimmie was signing autographs at a merchandise table when a man with two guns approached her and shot her.

Orlando Police Department public information officer Wanda Miglio revealed during a press briefing that after the incident, Grimmie’s brother then “immediately tackled the suspect, stopping him from causing any more harm to Christina and her fans. During the struggle, the suspect shot himself. The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene….Her brother is a hero for saving and stopping him from not hurting anyone else.”

The singer was then taken to the hospital in critical condition and died a few hours later.

Grimmie’s representative released the following statement:

“It is with a heavy heart that we can confirm that Christina has passed and went home to be with the Lord. She was shot at her show in Orlando and, unfortunately, didn’t survive the gun shot wounds. We ask at this time that you respect the privacy of her family and friends in their time of mourning. If you’d like to give back to Christina’s family in her memory, please consider donating to the families GoFundMe page in their time of need.”

The suspect has not yet been identified. It is also unknown what his motive was and if he personally knew Grimmie.

Grimmie finished in third place on season six of NBC’s The Voice in 2014 and was part of Adam Levine’s team. The official Twitter account for The Voice responded to the news and changed its profile picture to black:

When news of the shooting first broke out, Levine posted on Instagram:

I’m sad, shocked and confused. We love you so much Grimmie. We are all praying hard that you can pull through this…this just isn’t fair.

A photo posted by Adam Levine (@adamlevine) on Jun 10, 2016 at 11:35pm PDT

Before You Exit also took to Twitter to react:

Check out a performance of her track “With Love” when she returned to The Voice in December 2014: