Former Rangers ace's devastated girlfriend sobs over star's body after he was gunned down in drive-by shooting

THE devastated girlfriend of a former Rangers star gunned down in a drive-by shooting weeps over his lifeless body - moments after he was shot dead in a car park whilst out shopping for baby clothes for his three month old tot. 

Former Rangers star Arnold Peralta has been killed in a drive-by shooting

Arnold Peralta was shot eighteen times in front of partner Vanessa Oliva by gunmen on motorbikes in his home city of La Ceiba, Honduras.Heartbroken Vanessa was pictured sobbing over Peralta's body as cops comforted her.

Midfield ace, who played for the Scottish club until January, was gunned down in the car park of a shopping mall

The tragedy unfolfed a year after the midfield ace sent a chilling tweet predicting his death. Arnold Peralta wrote a message saying that criminals in Honduras were making it "fashionable to kill" - just months before he was gunned down.


The midfield ace, who played for Rangers until January, wrote: "How hard our country with so many criminals killing each time, as is fashionable to kill! such people do not deserve to be alive".

Honduras international star Peralta, 26, was targeted by three men on motorbikes as he opened the door of his Porsche Cayenne after buying baby clothes for his three-month old tot Camila. A haunting photograph of his lifeless body emerged as cops ruled out robbery as a motive for the attack as no belongings were taken, according to a government official.

The shocking incident took place just months after Peralta became a dad for the first time after having tot Camila with his stunning girlfriend Vanessa Oliva. Honduras - which is plagued by gang violence - is known to have one of the highest murder rates in the world.

A spokesman for the Honduras' Ministry of Security said: "We regret the violent death of the outstanding sportsman Arnold Peralta, a young player of the national team of Honduras.