An influencer has been shot dead while livestreaming in the street with two friends.
César Gastélum was shot in the head by two motorcycle hitmen while broadcasting to thousands of fans.
The 24-year-old content creator was filming a stunt outside a KFC restaurant when the killers struck.
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In the footage, the rider apparently raised his gun and shot César in the head at point blank range.
Viewers watched the horror unfold in real time on the streaming platform Kick under the victim’s alias Compasexor.
The social media star, who had 600,000 TikTok fans and 123,000 Instagram followers, dropped to the ground and had no vital signs when paramedics arrived on the scene.
The cold-blooded hit happened in Culiacán in Sinaloa State, Mexico, at around 8.15pm yesterday (4 Aug).
The content creating trio had dressed up as food delivery riders for a social media challenge outside the KFC on Boulevard Enrique Sánchez Alonso.
Minutes earlier, the same motorcycle had circled the car park, as reported by Need To Know.
One of César’s companions could be heard warning: “Those lads scare me.”
The attackers rode a white, red and black Honda dual-purpose bike.
One wore a grey T-shirt, the other black. Both had jeans.
None of the other streamers were hurt.
Sinaloa state prosecutors confirmed they have opened a murder file.
Police and army units sealed off the scene just metres from the state attorney general’s office.
No arrests have been made yet and no motive has been given for the alleged hit.
Full name César Daniel Nolasco Gastélum, the victim specialised in comedy sketches, northern culture parodies and live chats.
The killing comes amid ongoing bloody turf wars between rival organised crime groups in the city.
It echoes last year’s livestream murder of beauty influencer Valeria Márquez in Jalisco.
The investigation continues.
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