Overview

• Keyla González, a 28-year-old TikTok creator, was shot in the head during a July 26 live broadcast by her friend’s boyfriend, Manuel Andrés Álava Lázaro
• Investigators recovered shell casings, biological swabs, fingerprints and the victim’s phone at the scene in suburban Guayaquil
• The Fiscalía and Policía Nacional have classified the incident as a femicide and are intensifying search operations for the suspect
• Witnesses describe the fugitive suspect as having a tear-drop tattoo on his face and sources say he has prior robbery convictions
• The killing has sparked national outrage and driven calls for TikTok to enhance live-stream safety measures for content creators