Charges were filed Wednesday against three men accused of the "ambush-style" killing of a 22-year-old rising star in Latin music, prosecutors said.

According to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, Maria De La Rosa, who went by the stage name DELAROSA, was sitting in a parked car with two others on Bryant Street near Tampa Avenue in Northridge when a trio approached at about 1:25 a.m. Saturday. The men demanded money before opening fire and striking all three occupants.

De La Rosa was transported to a local hospital, where she later died. The two other victims were critically injured, prosecutors said.

"This was a ruthless and targeted attack that stole the life of a young woman and artist and inflicted profound lifelong trauma on her family and the two survivors," sai

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