Singer DELAROSA shot dead in Los Angeles during ambush-style killing
Rising Latin music star and influencer DELAROSA was shot dead and two other people were seriously injured in an ambush-style attack in Los Angeles.
The shooting occurred just before 1:30 a.m. Saturday in Northridge in the San Fernando Valley.
LAPD officials on Monday identified 22-year-old Maria De La Rosa, known to fans by the stage name DELAROSA, as the victim as part of an ongoing investigation into the circumstances surrounding the shooting.
Gunmen reportedly approached a parked vehicle and opened fire on the occupants of the vehicle in what police suspect was a gang-related attack.
“Witnesses described seeing two male suspects approach a vehicle parked on Bryant Street,” the LAPD said in a statement Monday. he said.
‘Multiple shots were fired at several victims who parked their vehicles in the area.’
Police said three people were inside the car when the shooting started. All three were shot.
The attack took place on Bryant Street, just east of Tampa Boulevard, a quiet block of the Northridge neighborhood.
Maria De La Rosa, 22, known to fans by the stage name DELAROSA, was the woman shot and killed early Saturday morning.
LAPD officials confirmed that the woman who was shot and killed was 22-year-old Maria De La Rosa, known to fans by the stage name DELAROSA.
DELAROSA was taken to a nearby hospital by a special team, but doctors were unable to save him
LAPD investigators said the attackers approached the victims’ parked car on foot and then fired multiple shots at the vehicle at close range.
DELAROSA was taken to a nearby hospital by a special team, but doctors could not save him.
The two surviving victims remained in critical condition throughout the weekend, police said.
No arrests were made and detectives did not elaborate on a possible motive.
With just over 40,000 fans on Instagram, DELAROSA had just started breaking into the Latin music scene and released her single ‘No Me Llames’ in August.
DELAROSA had just started to make a breakthrough in the Latin music scene and released her single ‘No Me Llames’ in August.
Maria De La Rosa was shot multiple times by two male suspects in an incident that investigators believe may have been gang-related.
Recent Instagram photos show DELAROSA working in the recording studio
Fans are inundated last Instagram post – a carousel of studio photos – mournful comments after news of his death spread.
One photo shows him with an electric guitar and the caption “Ocupada cocinando en el Stu,” meaning “He’s busy cooking at Stu.”[dio],’ – possibly hinting at the promise of more music to be released.
Among the condolences were famed Mexican-American record executive Jimmy Humilde and Los Gemelos de Sinaloa frontman Juan Moises.
Times J Martinez, a music producer and engineer, told what a young and talented musician he is.
“It is painful that this happened through violence,” he wrote in his native Spanish.
While detectives searched the neighborhood, the department did not say whether the attack appeared to be targeted, random or connected to a larger conflict.
LAPD officials said the cause of the incident is still under investigation.
