Christina Grimmie, ex-The Voice contestant, Shot Dead at an Orlando Concert

Christina Grimmie, one of the successful products of the hit singing contest The Voice, died early Saturday after a gunman shot her following a performance in Orlando, Florida.

The 22-year-old singer had performed with the band Before You Exit at the The Plaza. She was already signing autographs when an unidentified man approached her and opened fire. Christina was taken to the hospital, but died hours later.

According to CNN: ?A man armed with two guns walked up to the 22-year-old singer as she was signing autographs late Friday night and opened fire, Orlando Police spokeswoman Wanda Ford said.?

Reports say that Christina?s brother, who was on the scene, tackled the gunman. Unfortunately, the gunman, whose identity is yet to be revealed by authorities, shot himself.

Christina Grimmie?s publicist Heather Weiss said in a statement to the media:

?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 gunshot wounds. We ask at this time that you respect the privacy of her family and friends in their time of mourning.”

The outpour of love and support for the loved ones of Christina has been nonstop on social media. The hashtag #RIPChristina has been a trending topic on Twitter.

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Christina Grimmie, a YouTube star, was thrust into the spotlight in 2014, when she did the blind auditions of The Voice Season 6 with an impressive rendition of the Miley Cyrus hit ?Wrecking Ball.? All four judges?Adam Levine, Shakira, Usher, and Blake Shelton?turned their chairs. Christina chose Adam Levine as her vocal coach.

Even though she placed third in the finale (Josh Kaufman of Team Usher won the top prize), Christina was offered by her coach Adam Levine to sign a record deal with his 222 Records. Rapper Lil Wayne also expressed his interest to tap the services of the young talent for his Young Money Entertainment. Christina eventually signed with Island Records, the major record label behind the albums of Demi Lovato, Nick Jonas, Bon Jovi, Leona Lewis, and many other big artists.

Have a look how Christina Grimmie nailed her blind auditions in The Voice Season 6.

That time she performed ?I Won?t Give Up? and gave it her own sound:

Here?s the one where she performed ?Titanium? in Dancing With The Stars.

Perhaps the most viewed and loved videos are the ones that she made at her home studio.

This video of Christina performing David Guetta?s hit song ?Titanium? has more than 16 million views at this writing.

Christina Grimmie belting out Adele?s ?One and Only??

? and ?Someone Like You.?

Christina Grimmie, you will be missed.

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