Essay On Selena Quintanilla

Selena Quintanilla was born on April 16, 1971. Her contributions to music and fashion is what kick started her career. She was murdered on March 31, 1995. Selena Quintanilla was killed at a Days Inn near Corpus Cristi, Texas. Yolanda Saldivar was found guilty for the murder of Selena. Yolanda was selenas fan club and boutique manager, over the course of selenas career, they grew really close. The last few years of Selenas career, Yolanda stole money from her. Saldívar was a registered nurse from San Antonio, Texas who met with Selena after a concert in 1993. Selena found out within her last few days. She decided to meet with her and confront her about the stolen money but it turned bad really quick. Yolanda was holding the gun as if she was gonna kill herself if Selena left her side. Out of stress, Selena tried to run out of the room and Yolanda pointed the gun and shot …show more content…
pop music charts. Selena died on March 31, 1995, in Corpus Christi, Texas, after being shot by Yolanda Saldivar, the founder of the Selena fan club. Saldivar had been managing Selena's boutique in San Antonio, and was about to be fired for embezzling money. Selena's murder sent a toxic shock through the Latino community, and her fans around the world mourned the singer's passing. Selena and her manager met up to talk about all of this. I feel like what happened was that her manager was going to kill herself. When Selena found out she had a gun she tried to leave and Saldivar refused. They were both upset and Selena felt distraught like she had nowhere to run to. I think as they were talking Salvidar tried to shoot herself. Selena tried to stop her but, she was shaking the gun and wouldn’t let her leave. As she was shaking it accidently shot Selena. Salvidar freaked out and turned herself in. So, my argument about this is that I feel like this was accidental and she’s not