A well-liked health influencer and her date have been gunned down by her jealous estranged husband — who was then fatally shot by an off-duty cop, in keeping with police and her household.
Gloria Zamora, a mom of seven who boasted over 150,000 followers on Instagram, was killed late Saturday alongside along with her date, father of 4 Hector Garduno, within the parking zone of a sushi restaurant in Fontana — forsaking 11 youngsters between them.
They have been shot by Zamora’s second husband, Thomas Alberto Tamayo Lizarraga, simply days after the 40-year-old health influencer instructed listeners of her podcast, HERizon, that she was leaving him.
“They have been going by means of a divorce, that led to this,” Officer Steve Reed with the Fontana Police Division instructed ABC 7 of the double slaying.
“We don’t know the way he knew the place she was at, however apparently, she had been on the restaurant for about an hour previous to the capturing,” Reed stated.
A number of off-duty legislation enforcement officers occurred to be within the space when the gunfire erupted, together with one off-duty San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy who was driving by the procuring heart and witnessed the capturing, in keeping with Reed.
The deputy “made a U-turn on the gentle, and obtained out of his automobile, and confronted the suspect,” Reed stated.
Lizarraga was shot and killed by the deputy, whose title has not been launched.
A web-based fundraiser stated that Zamora “leaves behind 7 lovely youngsters, ages 8 to 24, who at the moment are dealing with a future with out our mom’s heat, steerage, and unconditional love.”
“My mother was senselessly taken from us, she was murdered by my stepdad Tomas, in an act of unimaginable violence,” wrote one in all her daughters, Jazlynne Zamora.
Jazlynne described her mom as “a light-weight in her group” who “uplifted and impressed numerous ladies”
“She all the time stated, ‘Girls can do something they set their minds to,’ and she or he lived these phrases day by day,” she wrote.
Garduno’s youngsters have additionally launched a GoFundMe, the place they stated the loving dad was a “devoted and hardworking man that was tragically murdered and gone too quickly.”
Fantana police stated the investigation into the capturing is ongoing.
