“Shocking Secrets Behind 15 Celebrity Assassinations That Shook Hollywood to Its Core”

He was shot outside his mansion, Casa Casuarina, in Miami Beach, Florida, by Andrew Cunanan, a 27-year-old fugitive who had been on a killing spree.

Having killed several other men across the United States, Cunanan was on the run from the law for months before his encounter with Versace. Being obsessed with wealthy, influential individuals, the criminal had put the fashion designer on his kill list.

That day, Versace had just returned home from a walk when Cunanan approached him outside his mansion and shot him twice in the back of the head.

The criminal fled the scene and evaded capture for several days until being found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot.