- TikToker Anthony Barajas is on life support and a young girl is dead following a fatal shooting.
- Barajas and his friend, who died at the scene, were in a California movie theater, police said.
- The Corona Police Department said no firearm was discovered at the scene.
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19-year-old TikTok star Anthony Barajas is in intensive care after a shooting at a movie theater in Corona, California, on Monday night, according to local outlet KCAL.
Police also confirmed to local outlet KCAL that Barajas' friend Rylee Goodrich, 18, was killed in the shooting,
Barajas, who has nearly 1 million TikTok followers on the account @itsanthonymichael, last posted on Friday and said he was on a family vacation. He is based in Los Angeles.
Cpl. Tobias Kouroubacalis of the Corona Police Department confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday that Barajas was watching a 9:35 pm showing of the horror movie "Forever Purge" – the latest in the "Purge" dystopian horror franchise where all crimes are legal in the US for 12 hours – at a movie theater in the Crossings mall with Goodrich, who was found dead at the scene.
As reported by KCAL, movie theater staff found the two while cleaning up after the movie ended. Kaylee Dillon, an employee at the theater, said employees didn't hear anything abnormal during the screening.
"During the actual movie time, no one apparently heard the gunshot," she said. "I know that we do have security bag checks that we do on the daily and, unfortunately, I'm not sure if just was missed or if it was in a holster on their belt."
Kouroubacalis appealed for more information in a Tuesday night KABC-TV broadcast. "I'm being told right now there were six tickets purchased for that movie showing," he said. "We're asking for anyone who might have been inside that movie, or a theater adjacent to that, for any information at all."
In a statement released on Tuesday night, the police department said they did not find a firearm inside the theater and that no arrests had been made.
"Detectives are conducting follow up on all investigative leads with hopes of identifying the person(s) responsible for this heinous crime," the department said.
The Corona Police Department did not immediately respond to Insider's request for further updates to the investigation.
Regal Cinemas, which owns the theater where the deadly shooting took place, told the Hollywood Reporter in a statement on Tuesday that it was working with the authorities on their investigation. "Our primary concern is for the safety and security of our guests and staff," they said.
Ashley Cole, Goodrich's cousin, told ABC 7 on Wednesday that Goodrich had a "good heart."
"It's a mystery that I hope people can come forth and talk about and report, so that we can get to the bottom of it. There needs to be justice," she said.
Any witnesses who were nearby at the time or anyone with information regarding the alleged crime are asked to contact the Corona Police Department.