Anthony Barajas, celebrity of the social network TikTok, died Saturday July 31 of his injuries after a shooting in a Californian cinema, which made another victim, announced the local police force. The 19-year-old and a friend of his, Rylee Goodrich, were attending a screening of the film "
American Nightmare 5: Without Limits
"
last Monday at a movie
theater in Corona, a town about 75km from Los Angeles, when a man came by. opened fire. The two friends, who were among the few spectators who came that evening, had been discovered by cinema staff at the end of the session.
Rylee Goodrich died at the scene while Anthony Barajas, seriously injured, was taken to hospital.
He succumbed to his injuries on Saturday morning, Corona police said.
Anthony Barajas, known online as “
itsanthonymichael,
” had nearly a million subscribers on the TikTok social network, where he posted short videos documenting his daily life.
20 year old suspect
Police arrested a 20-year-old suspect, Joseph Jimenez, but said they favored the trail of a "
gratuitous attack
".
"
A firearm and other evidence linking him to the crime scene were discovered
" at the home of the suspect, said the police.
Objects were stolen during the attack, but this does not appear to be the motive, according to the police, who added that Joseph Jimenez had acted alone, and had a priori no links with his victims.
The United States is experiencing an upsurge in gun violence, called an "
epidemic
" by President Joe Biden.
The country recorded more than 19,000 gun murders in 2020, a year marked by an upsurge in homicides in all American cities.