SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (KABC) -- Five men were arrested in connection with a murder-for-hire plot in San Bernardino involving the wife of one of the suspects, resulting in her death.

Yesenia Torres, known by her friends as Jessica, was shot to death on Jan. 10 in the parking lot of Burger Point on west Mill Street.

Surveillance video showed the victim walking out of the restaurant to her car; then being approached by a gunman who chased her around the car before opening fire.

Authorities said it initially looked like a robbery, but further investigation revealed it was a calculated murder plot.

"These criminals targeted this victim, in a murder-for-hire scheme that was stemming from a contentious divorce," said San Bernardino police chief Darren Goodman.

Detective Dominic Martinez said eyewitnesses identified the license plate of the suspect vehicle, which was found abandoned in a Walmart parking lot in the east end of the city.

"The suspects then got into a second vehicle, which was located at another business," said Martinez. "There, we saw that the suspects had changed their clothing and went inside a business for a short amount of time, and got in the second vehicle and fled the area.

Police said the plot was motivated by an ongoing dispute during the divorce over the division of multi-million-dollar assets.

"Jessica was a businesswoman in our community," said Goodman. "She was well known and well respected in our community; she was very civically engaged and supported numerous endeavors throughout our city."

Martinez said they identified two primary suspects within four hours.

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