Yuly Solano is a Florida resident who made national news headlines after footage of her being shot by her ex boyfriend, Michael DeMarco, was released to the public in late 2017. ^[4]

Yuly has been a resident of Boynton Beach for a few years where she lives with her daughter, Aryana Baluja, and a pet dog named Coco. ^{[-1] [1]}

One of the activities that Yuly enjoys each day is walking her dog, Coco.

During one of her outings she met Michael DeMarco, who was also walking his dog. After the two hit it off, they began a relationship. According to her daughter, Baluja, DeMarco became very possessive of her mother and began to abuse her. Yuly then began to withdraw from DeMarco as she grew fearful of him. He would say racist commentary and accuse her of cheating. ^[0]

Yuly filed complaints at the condominium as there were a few times that DeMarco had made threats and vandalized her property.

They never complied with her

requests.

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On October 15th, 2017, while Yuly was walking her dog, DeMarco approached and the two began to argue near the entrance of the apartment complex.

DeMarco then takes out his gun and points shoots Yuly numerous times before turning the gun to himself and committing suicide.

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Yuly was taking to the hospital where she survived the incident and has been in stable condition.

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