THE BULLET THAT KILLED SELENA Quintanilla-Perez on March 31 weighed less than one ounce and cost about 25 cents. Selena Quintanilla Perez got shot by Yolanda Saldivar, Selena was going to collect a list of all Money that was received in turn of selling Records and Clothing. Just before 11:50 a.m., in room 158 of the Days Inn motel in Corpus Christi, Texas, The rising Tejano music star Selena, killed at … The shocking murder of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez on March 31, 1995 shook a generation of Mexican-American music fans and became an emblematic marker in … Selena Quintanilla Perez called Corpus Christi home. She was a Mexican-American singer and entertainer who became known internationally. Yolanda was Selenas Money Manager. Abraham Quintanilla, the father of the late-Tejano singer Selena, wrote on Facebook to disclose that six members of their family were killed by Hurricane Harvey.