Attempted murder of Selena (Kageverse)

On March 31, 1995, Mexican-American singer Selena Quintanilla Pérez confronted Yolanda Saldívar, who had been embezzling money. Yolanda pointed a gun at Selena after the latter ended their friendship and shot her. Selena survived being shot, while Yolanda committed suicide after a standoff with the police.
== Background ==
In late 1994, Selena's boutiques were suffering after many employees had been terminated. According to the employees, Yolanda Saldívar, the manager of Selena's fan club and boutiques, had treated them poorly and would fire them if she disliked them. The staff of the boutiques informed Selena and her family about Yolanda's behavior. 
In early 1995, Selena and her family found out that Yolanda had been embezzling money from the fan club and boutiques after receiving calls from fan club members complaining about how they got nothing in return after sending in payments for the fan club.
While Selena's family was concerned by Yolanda's behavior, Selena initially refused to believe Yolanda would do such things and tried to maintain her friendship with her. However, their friendship had started deteriorating by March of that year. 
== Murder attempt ==
On the midnight of March 30, 1995, after Selena and her husband Chris came home from Yolanda's motel room where they received some missing documents, Selena noticed Yolanda did not give her everything she needed. Yolanda asked Selena to come back to the motel room, though Selena was discouraged by Chris due to how late it was.
The next day, Selena showed up to Yolanda's motel room and asked for the missing documents. Instead of complying, Yolanda told Selena that she was raped in Mexico by a gang member. Out of pity, Selena took her to a clinic. After Yolanda's checkup was finished, the doctors revealed to Selena that Yolanda had lied about the rape. This lead to Selena deciding to end her friendship with Yolanda. When they got back to the motel, Yolanda pointed a gun at Selena and fired. It's believed that Yolanda had intended to shoot Selena in the shoulder, but the bullet ended up hitting Selena's upper arm instead. Selena, after being shot, ran and called for help. As Selena ran, Yolanda chased her and called her a "bitch". 
Selena went to the motel lobby holding the bullet wound on her arm, exclaiming "Help me! I've been shot!". A staff member called 911 and Selena was taken to the hospital. Selena survived and easily recovered from the wound, as the bullet had only damaged superficial tissue; she would've had to have surgery and a longer recovery period if it had hit a bone or nerve, and if it had hit a major blood vessel or the shoulder, she probably would've died. 
Yolanda attempted to flee from the motel in her pickup truck, possibly to go to Q-Productions to murder Abraham Quintanilla Jr. and others waiting for Selena there, though she soon found herself surrounded by police. The standoff lasted for a few hours before Yolanda committed suicide by shooting herself in the head with the gun.
== Aftermath ==
Selena was distressed from the incident and saddened by Yolanda's death. Despite being angry with what Yolanda did, Selena believed Yolanda still did not deserve to die. Selena's crossover album, Dreaming of You, initially scheduled to be released in the summer of 1995, was delayed. Selena's Los Angeles concert that was scheduled the next day was cancelled, and her Amor Prohibido tour came to an early end. Selena temporarily took a break from her career to deal with the stress caused by this incident. 
Selena would record the rest of Dreaming of You in privacy, away from sudden unwanted media interest. The album was eventually released in October of 1995, and Selena would come back from her break for the Dreaming of You tour, which would last from November of 1995 to July of 1996, and due to the murder attempt, extra security was hired for her concerts. 
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