"A social media influencer and model has been charged with murder in connection with an ambush-style shooting that killed a Mexican national as he entered the parking garage of an upscale University City apartment complex last year, according to a complaint filed in San Diego Superior Court. Vanessa Gurrola, 32, was arrested by San Diego police on Oct. 9 and pleaded not guilty last Monday to murder in the death of Christian Espinoza Silver, according to a spokesperson for the District Attorney's Office."
"Espinoza, 35, was fatally shot on Feb. 17, 2024, while entering the garage of Palisade UTC at Nobel Drive and Lombard Place in a BMW vehicle. A second passenger, an unidentified 39-year-old man, was wounded in the attack. Investigators at the time described the shooter as male, saying that a gunman approached the car and opened fire. The shooter, described as wearing a camouflage jacket, black pants and a black backpack, then fled the scene."
Vanessa Gurrola, 32, was arrested Oct. 9 and pleaded not guilty to murder in the Feb. 17, 2024 ambush-style shooting that killed Christian Espinoza Silver as he entered the Palisade UTC parking garage. Espinoza, 35, was arriving in a BMW when he was fatally shot; a 39-year-old passenger was wounded. Investigators described the shooter as male, wearing a camouflage jacket, black pants and a black backpack, who fled the scene. The shooting was believed linked to a remnant cell of the Arellano Felix Organization. Espinoza was associated with Edwin Huerta Nuno, who faced federal drug and money laundering charges after extradition. Gurrola, reported as a former Sinaloa beauty queen with 1.4 million Instagram followers, is held without bail and police declined to comment.
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