Adam Levine offers to pay for late singer Christina Grimmie's funeral

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The Voice Season 6 contestant Christina Grimmie with her coach on the Voice and Maroon 5 vocalist Adam Levine at the iHeartRadio Theater on Tuesday, August 26, 2014.
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EVESHAM TOWNSHIP, N. J. -- Pop star Adam Levine has offered to pay the funeral expenses for a former "The Voice" contestant Christina Grimmie after she was gunned down after a Florida concert.



Levine mentored Christina Grimmie when she finished third on NBC's "The Voice" two years ago.



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Spokeswoman Carleen Donovan confirmed Monday that Levine made the offer.



Grimmie's New Jersey hometown will hold a candlelight vigil Monday night to honor the 22-year-old killed Friday night as she signed autographs after a show in Orlando.



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The YouTube star lived in Evesham, a small community about 20 miles from Philadelphia, before moving to Los Angeles in 2012.



A motive for the shooting hasn't been determined.



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Authorities say she apparently had no personal connection to the man who shot her. The gunman fatally shot himself after being tackled by her brother.

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