A shootout at a Puerto Rico bar has claimed another victim: the singer who was about to perform before gunmen burst in.Toa Baja Mayor Anibal Vega Borges tells radio station WKAQ that singer Tina Marie Rodriguez Otero had two heart attacks before she died on Wednesday.
She had been in critical condition since the Oct. 17 shooting. At least eight people have now died _ including a 9-year-old girl. A woman who was pregnant also lost her 8-month-old fetus.
Police have said a dispute over drug trafficking prompted the shootout during a party to celebrate the reopening of La Tombola bar and grocery store.
Federal authorities recently arrested owner Wilfredo Semprit Santana on drug trafficking charges.
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