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Do you think that Selena running away and yelling for help immediately after she got shot made her gunshot wound worse? Did she bleed out? Or was it just that she wasn't rescued on time?

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Didn't the bullet sever an artery? If so, it's a miracle she managed to live as long as she did.

There is a man...he travels fast...he has purpose...he brings violence and destruction.

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Her parents were in a religion at that time where they didn't accept blood transfusions.

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Dude. Are you telling me that if they actually did accept the blood transfusion, she would be with us today instead of being left with J-Lo?!! Insane.

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This is the part that kind of annoys me becuase if people would just do research, then stuff like "oh, well if her dad would have just saved her and not let his religion get in the way, she would have still been alive" crap.

(Not fussing at you, just saying in general)

Yes, of course her running and panicking made the wound worse. But what else are you going to do when you get shot, especially unexpectedly? They said Selena was turning for the door, and then was shot. So, maybe Selena had no idea this was coming, unless Selena tried running out the to dodge the bullet. I'm not very clear on that.

When running to the lobby, yes, she bled everywhere. If you watch the E: True Hollywood story which can be found in the link below, they will even show you crime scene pictures and blood splatter. There was even one commenter on Youtube that said she saw in a magazine back in the day just a huge pool of blood in the lobby. But I have yet to see the picture, or even question if it's true.

http://www.selenaforever.com/Selena_Videos_The_Aftermath_Specials/Selena_Videos_The_Aftermath_Specials.html


They said she actually died on arrival (not entirely clear on this part). Her veins were collapsed and they couldn't really get a vein to help get her blood. So, according to the court transcripts (which you can buy the book Justice For Selena), They gave her SIX units of blood way before Abraham got there to say she would not have wanted the blood. But all it did was leak into her cavity. So, they literally massaged her heart to get it beating, which was already blue. There was a tini tiny response, but not enough to wake her up. She was already brain dead.

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