{"id":40048,"date":"2016-06-11T11:59:47","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T15:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=40048"},"modified":"2016-06-11T11:59:47","modified_gmt":"2016-06-11T15:59:47","slug":"christian-singer-christina-grimmie-shot-and-killed-in-orlando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=40048","title":{"rendered":"Christian Singer Christina Grimmie Shot and Killed in Orlando"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure class=\"leadFigure \"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Christina Grimmie\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.charismanews.com\/images\/stories\/2016\/06\/Reuters-Christina-Grimmie.jpg\" alt=\"Christina Grimmie\" \/><figcaption>Christina Grimmie (<span class=\"figCaptionSource\">Reuters<\/span>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Singer Christina Grimmie, who gained fame as a contestant on television singing contest &#8220;The Voice,&#8221; died after being shot at a concert in Orlando, Florida, on Friday, police said on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Grimmie was signing autographs with band members of Before You Exit, with whom she performed earlier, when a gunman approached and opened fire before her brother tackled him at the Plaza Live music venue, the Orlando Police Department said on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Grimmie died from her injuries, the department said in a post early Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect shot and killed himself, police tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Grimmie placed third during the 2014 season of the &#8220;The Voice,&#8221; a singing competition on NBC.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are heartbroken,&#8221; said &#8220;The Voice&#8221; in a Twitter post late Friday. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"EoA_torch\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.charismanews.com\/plugins\/content\/cm_endofarticlemessages\/torch1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"14\" height=\"15\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2016 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.charismanews.com\/us\/57750-christian-singer-christina-grimmie-shot-and-killed-in-orlando\">http:\/\/www.charismanews.com\/us\/57750-christian-singer-christina-grimmie-shot-and-killed-in-orlando<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40048\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}