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A 20-year-old woman in Mexico was accidentally shot dead while she and her friends were filming a fake kidnapping video for TikTok.
The victim, Areline Martínez, died instantly after being shot in the head, local news outlets have reported. It was unclear why the group used a real gun with live ammunition as a prop.
Footage circulating on social media showed that moments before Martínez’s death on Oct. 2, she was blindfolded and bound along with another man while several others pretending to be kidnappers stand beside them.
Martínez, a mother of a 1-year-old baby, had previously filmed similar videos that she had posted on social media, as per Mexico News Daily on Oct. 6. Two men involved who fled the scene have since been identified by police using the video, although they are yet to be found.
All the people who participated in the filming of the video escaped the area and no arrests have been made so far, as per Mexican news outlet Proceso via The Daily Mail also on Oct. 6.
“One of the hypotheses is that they were tampering with a firearm thinking that it was not loaded [and] they shot the woman, Chihuahua state attorney general César Augusto Peniche was quoted as saying in Spanish.
“If someone has a criminal responsibility, they will have to answer,” he added. “There are several facts to investigate: the unfortunate death of the young woman and the origin of that weapon and how it came to their hands.”
Investigations are ongoing while a funeral was held for Martínez last Monday, Oct. 5, according to the report. Ian Biong/JB
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