Glamorous tourist is shot dead after her Uber driver took a wrong turn
A tourist's trip to celebrate New Year's in Rio de Janeiro ended in tragedy when she was shot dead after her Uber driver mistakenly entered a dangerous slum.
Diely Silva, 34, was on her way back to her condominium rental in Brazil when they came under fire Saturday night.
Gunmen struck the driver, Anderson Pinheiro, in the back and hit Silva at least three times. A friend who was traveling with Silva was not injured.
Despite the wound, Pinheiro drove away from Fontela Community and was able to track down a police patrol unit.
Silva, who was shot in the neck, died at the scene. Pinheiro was rushed to Lourenco Jorge Hospital, where he was treated and released Sunday.
He was questioned by police and said that he did not know where the gunshots were fired from.
Silva, an accounting manager, arrived from the nearby state of São Paulo on Saturday morning and went out with two friends before they ordered two Uber vehicles.
Diely Silva's return trip to celebrate the New Year in Rio de Janeiro ended in tragedy Saturday night when gunmen opened fire on her Uber after the vehicle's GPS mistakenly led it to a dangerous slum while she was on her way back to her condominium rental
Diely Silva posed on a Rio de Janeiro beach and shared pictures on her Instagram just hours before she was shot dead in an Uber ride
Hours before the shooting, Silva posed for photos on a Rio de Janeiro beach and shared the images on her Instagram.
'Hey Rio,' she wrote.
Silva, a native of the northeastern state of Bahia, had been in Rio de Janeiro in December to ring in the New Year with six of her closest friends.
Her friends and family lamented her death on social media.
'Another family devastated by crime in Rio de Janeiro,' Silva's cousin, Tamires Colleti, wrote.
'Now that family is ours. For our family, our year ended yesterday, minutes before midnight.'
Maria Alves had wanted Silva to be a part of her upcoming wedding.
'I wish I had time to invite you to be the maid of honor at my wedding, I was looking forward to it,' Alves said. 'Unfortunately, the world is cruel and violence took you away from us.'
Diely Silva was looking to celebrate New Year's for the second consecutive year in Rio de Janeiro with her friends
Diely Silva's (pictured) shooting death follows the shooting of Argentine tourist Gastón Burlón on December 12. Gastón survived an attack after the vehicle he was driving was led to a slum by its GPS. His wife, two sons and one of their girlfriends were not harmed in the shooting
Silva's murder comes two week after an Argentine tourist was shot in the head and chest after he drove his car rental inside a slum in Rio de Janeiro.
Gastón Burlón, 51, his wife, two sons and one of their girlfriends were on their way to visit the Christ the Redeemer when they came under fire in Morro dos Prazeres, a seedy neighborhood that is ruled by the Comando Vermelho, one of the most powerful criminal organizations in the country.
Burlón, who previously served as tourism secretary for Bariloche, a city in the Argentina Patagonia region, was rushed to a local hospital, where he is still under observation.
'Surprisingly, two people appeared pointing guns at us from both sides and fired four shots, causing us to lose control of the car and crash into a wall,' Burlón's wife, Nádia Loza, told Argentine newspaper Clarín.
