Loibl "approached her and opened fire, striking her. "She was doing a meet-and-greet, just signing autographs and selling merchandise," Mina said. The chief said Loibl did not come to the venue in his own car and had made travel arrangements to get there and to leave. Petersburg and search his computer and cellphone for any clues to the shooting attack. Loibl's identity was not released for several hours, giving police time to comb his home in St. Mina said Loibl may have been a deranged fan, although the motive for the shooting was unknown. Orlando Police Chief John Mina called Marcus Grimmie" a hero" and said he surely saved many lives with his quick action. Grimmie fell, critically wounded, and was rushed to a hospital, where she later died.Īlmost instantly, Grimmie's brother, 23, lunged at the gunman and tackled him in a struggle that ended when Loibl shot and killed himself. Friday, 30 minutes after her concert with the band Before You Exit at the Plaza Live ended, he walked toward the 22-year-old singer, firing several shots and triggering chaos among dozens of fans still at the venue.
They said he armed himself with two small-caliber handguns, two loaded magazines, and a large hunting knife.Ībout 10:30 p.m. Orlando police said the man who traveled more than 100 miles to kill her was Kevin James Loibl, 27, of St. The congregation burst into applause as the video finished.Įlder Bryan Russell and senior pastor Marty Berglund led prayers for the Grimmie family, her mother and father, Tina and Albert, and her brother, Marcus.Ĭhristina Grimmie, Berglund said, is now in heaven. The hymn, "one of my favorite songs ever," she explained, had been videotaped for Easter 2012, apparently like dozens of Grimmie's performances - in a home studio with a Sonic the Hedgehog poster in the background. The young woman they had watched blossom into a national singing sensation on NBC's The Voice had died a day earlier, cut down by a gunman as she signed autographs after a concert appearance in Orlando, Fla. The rapt, sometimes tearful, congregation of 500 at the Fellowship Alliance Church listened with sorrow. She ended with "Till He returns or calls me home." Wearing headphones and playing a keyboard, the deeply religious young woman sang the prescient words of the hymn "In Christ Alone": Christina Grimmie delivered a powerful video performance Saturday night on twin screens in the Medford church where she, her parents, and older brother worshipped before fame and stardom called her to California.
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