After Christina Grimmie, another Voice alum shot dead

Alejandro “Jano” Fuentes, a Chicago music teacher and contestant on Mexico’s version of The Voice, has died after he was shot in an ambush while celebrating his birthday with friends. Cook county medical examiner’s office confirmed that the 45-year-old musician died on Saturday, reported the Chicago Tribune.

Fuentes was in a car in the 4300 block of South Archer Avenue after celebrating his birthday with friends and colleagues when someone walked up, showed him a gun and told him to get out.

When he wouldn’t get out of the car, the gunman fired multiple shots, hitting him in the head.

The police initially said the man had been pronounced dead soon after the shooting, but he was placed on life support so relatives could arrive from Mexico, according to family and friends. Fuentes gained fame in his native Mexico after participating in the Mexican version of The Voice in 2011. He opened a performing arts studio in Brighton Park called Tras Bambalinas, Spanish for Backstage, which taught young people singing, dancing, acting and modelling.

He was shot on the same block as the studio, which also served as his home, according to records.

Since opening Tras Bambalinas, Fuentes has been a regular at Mexican-American cultural events, staging elaborate costumed musicals as he taught youngsters the fundamentals of performing arts and entertaining.

The attack comes less than a week after the killing of Christina Grimmie, who appeared on the US version of The Voice.

Authorities say a man shot her while she was signing autographs after a performance in Orlando. The man then killed himself.