American woman, 27, killed by stray bullet outside Mexico City taco restaurant
Ashley May
An American woman visiting Mexico City was killed by a stray bullet as she left a taco restaurant in a wealthy neighborhood. She had just celebrated her first wedding anniversary.
Tatiana Mirutenko, 27, from San Francisco, was with her husband and two friends outside of the restaurant in the Lomas de Chapultepec neighborhood when she was hit during an apparent drive-by shooting on Saturday. Gunmen on a motorcycle were aiming at a bouncer at a nearby bar, Mexican authorities said. The bouncer was wounded.
Photos on Mirutenko's Instagram account show a woman with a vibrant smile who loved dogs, good food with friends and her new husband. On July 1, she posted a photo from her wedding last summer. "Year 1," she wrote alongside a heart.
"A year ago, we were selecting flowers for the wedding," Mirutenko's father, Wasyl Mirutenko, told ABC News. "Today we were looking at flowers for the funeral."
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The Associated Press contributed to this report. Follow Ashley May on Twitter: @AshleyMayTweets