Mexican woman, 20, is accidentally shot dead while filming TikTok video in which she and ten friends staged a kidnapping

 A 20-year-old Mexican woman was accidentally shot dead while filming a TikTok video where she and 10 friends staged her kidnapping. 

In the video, Areline Martínez appeared to be blindfolded with her hands and ankles bound at a small farm home in the Chihuahua neighborhood of Rigoberto Quiroz on Friday. 

The mother-of-one was seen sitting next to a young man who played the role of a hostage when a second man second male playfully attacked the pair. A third man is then seen waving an automatic weapon at the pair. 

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Areline Martínez (third from left to right) was accidentally shot dead while she and her friends were recording a staged kidnapping video for TikTok at a home in Chihuahua, Mexico, on Friday

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20-year-old Areline Martínez was shot dead while filming a staged kidnapping at a farm home in Chihuahua, Mexico, on Friday. The state prosecutor said the shooter must not have been aware that the gun was loaded before accidentally pulling the trigger

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A group of friends took to TikTok to record a fictitious abduction before the prank turned deadly Friday in Chihuahua, Mexico. Areline Martínez, pictured sitting on the left side of the sofa, was accidentally shot dead 

The TikTok video then shows another man forcing the male 'hostage' onto his knees on the the dirt pavement while the gun is pointed at the back of his head.  A short while later, Martínez is shot dead with a handgun.  

All the people filming the staged abduction then fled the seen. The Chihuahua state prosecutor's office said that one of the 10 people present the moment Martínez was shot called the police to report the incident.

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The Chihuahua state prosecutor's office said a male individual who was present the moment Areline Martínez was shot dead actually called authorities to report the incident before fleeing with the rest of the group that had gathered to record the fictional kidnapping that was being shared on TikTok

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One of the participants in the fictional abduction shared on TikTok kneels on the ground while a gun is pointed behind his head

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Authorities in Chihuahua are looking for at least 10 individuals who abandoned Areline Martínez after she was accidentally shot dead while recording a fictional abduction on TikTok on Friday

'One of the hypotheses is that they were tampering with a firearm thinking that it was not loaded [and] they shot the woman,' said César Augusto Peniche, the Chihuahua state attorney general, according to Mexican news outlet Proceso.

'If someone has a criminal responsibility, they will have to answer. There are several facts to investigate: the unfortunate death of the young woman and the origin of that weapon and how it came to their hands.'

A funeral service was held for Martínez on Monday.