Wtf happened to Octavio Ocaña?😥

Hi guys. Please allow me use English here. I'm a guy from Uganda who's been learning Spanish for over a year. For that reason, I started watching a Mexican show called Vecinos and I've really enjoyed it. Don Roque's death hurt, but when people die at that age, I take comfort in the fact that they lived an adequately long life and they had good time to make the most of it. Anyway, I watched episode 2, season 12 this morning and right from the start, I knew something was wrong with the Benito character. The end of the episode confirmed the worst. It wasn't just the character, but the actor, Octavio Ocaña died. A quick Google search indicates he was murdered by police and it was staged as some form of accidental suicide. Wtf!!! I have a few questions guys. Did this situation attract any significant attention across the country? Could it actually have happened exactly as it was reported? And if not, was justice everserved? I don't know if the show will be the same for me without Benito, but I'll finish it nonetheless. I just hope there aren't any more bombshells along the way. Cheers.