![]() "I apologize to Puerto Rico because even if I wanted to, I really can't compete, my place is with my family," she wrote.Ī message seeking comment was left Monday for Mercado Martinez. She wrote that the family intends to bring her mother's body to Puerto Rico "so her friends and family can say goodbye." I was so far away without being able to do anything, I couldn't even say goodbye to you." "There are so many things I still needed to learn from you. "Two days ago you called me with excitement, asking me to save the date and help you prepare to renew your wedding vows with daddy in Puerto Rico," she said Sunday. "Why you? Why this way? You were just sitting in your little house sewing, as you always did," she wrote in Spanish. Mercado Martinez, 27, expressed her anguish in social media postings. Mabel Martinez died Sunday after being shot in the head Saturday afternoon, police said. Mabel Martinez was the mother of Yarimar Mercado Martinez, a rifle shooter on the Puerto Rico Olympic team who competed in the summer Olympics last year and in 2016. Police believe Mabel Martinez, 56, was an innocent bystander and the intended target was apparently a man walking outside her home in the town of Waterbury. ![]() ![]() ![]() The mother of a Puerto Rican Olympian was killed by a stray bullet while sewing in her Connecticut home over the weekend, according to the athlete and police.
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