Mexican singer, 21, is shot dead by her lawyer husband, 79, inside Mexico City restaurant before ‘he tried to BRIBE cops and escape with security guard’
Yrma Lydia, 21, who was just beginning her career in music, was shot Thursday night at the Suntory Del Valle restaurant in the south of the city.
She was attacked by her partner, 79-year-old lawyer Jesús Hernández Alcocer.
‘A man shot his wife three times, he is already detained along with another woman who accompanied him,’ said the local secretary of security.
According to witnesses, after an argument, a gray-haired man shot the singer, who turned out to be her husband. Alcocer tried to bribe the police to let him escape in the company of one of his security guards, who was also arrested.
A Mexican singer was shot to death by her husband in a Mexico City restaurant, local authorities reported Friday.
Yrma Lydia, 21, who was just beginning her career in music, was shot Thursday night at the Suntory Del Valle restaurant in the south of the city when she was attacked by her partner, 79-year-old Jesús Hernández Alcocer.
‘A man shot his wife three times, he is already detained along with another woman who accompanied him,’ said Omar García Harfuch, Secretary of Security for Mexico City.
According to witnesses, after an argument, a gray-haired man shot the singer, who turned out to be his wife.
Alcocer tried to bribe the police to let him escape in the company of one of his security guards, who was also arrested.
Mexican singer, 21-year-old Yrma Lydya was reportedly shot and killed by her husband, 79-year-old Jesús Hernández Alocer, at a restaurant on June 23.
Omar García Harfuch, Mexico’s security secretary, said that the lawyer shot Lydya thrice. Following the shooting, Alcocer and another woman who was with him were detained.
Witnesses stated that they saw an argument break out between a gray-haired man and a young woman. Following the argument, the man shot the woman and it later turned out that the man was Alcocer while the woman was Lydya – his wife.
Paramedics arrived at the restaurant soon after the shooting and tried to save Yrma Lydya, who reportedly had no vital signs. The Mexican singer died as a result of gunshot wounds.
Meanwhile, the singer’s 79-year-old husband tried to flee in his car but was captured by the cops. Alcocer even tried to bribe the cops to prevent his arrest.
It is worth noting that Alcocer has been accused of extortion in the past as well.