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. She is being held in Las Colinas Detention Facility in Santee without bail, and her next court appearance is set for next week.

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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

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