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Topics: Celebrity, Crime, Social Media, US News
Gerrard Kaonga
Topics: Celebrity, Crime, Social Media, US News
Johnny Wactor's ex-fiancée, Tessa Farrell, broke down in tears as she sent a message to his killers.
Farrell also called for better laws in California to curb the crime levels in the state.
Wactor, 37, was shielding a colleague when he was shot in an attempted car theft.
The actor, who was best known for his role on the General Hospital TV show, was finishing up his side job at a roof top bar in the early hours of Saturday (May 25) morning when the incident happened.
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He was leaving with a female colleague when he noticed three individuals by his car area of West Pico Boulevard and South Hope Street, in Los Angeles.
Believing they were towing his car he asked what they were doing and one of them turned around and pointed a gun at Wactor.
The actor put himself in front of co-worker when he was fatally shot. Police said that the three men, who were all wearing masks, then fled in a car together and remain at large.
And now, his ex-fiancée and close friend, Tessa Farrell, has since taken to her social media to share a tearful video in which she sent a message to the killers.
In the six-minute video posted on Monday (May 27), she said: "If the person who did this, if you're watching, I'm sorry, but you shot the wrong guy. You can get a real job. I know the job market's hard but we're all in it together."
Farrell added: "You don't have to steal - especially take a life over it."
She went on to say: "Human life is disregarded too easy."
Pleading that we should 'make changes as a community', Farrell added: "Maybe that's what Johnny's gift is for us, maybe he's gifting that to all of us."
Posting on her Instagram page, Farrell wrote in the caption: "Please vote YES/NO in this poll - Do you want better laws to reduce the escalating crime and theft rates in California?"
She also said if anyone is aware of the individuals involved to contact the police.
In the clip she also reflected on their relationship and how they decided they worked better as friends than romantic partners.
Farrell admitted: "I will always love him. But it was rushed. We were too young and kids and healing - but I'm just so proud of the man he's become and it's so sad that crime in LA had to do this.
"It's so sad that, you know, that this is how he had to get taken from us because he cared so much about doing the right thing and earning things. He taught me that."
Anyone with any information regarding this case are urged to call the LAPD's Central Station at 213-486-6606.
Alternatively, you can anonymously call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or visit lacrimestoppers.org.