The Los Angeles Police Department has released more details about the suspect it arrested for allegedly firing a gun at Rihanna’s Beverly Hills-area home.
On Sunday, police arrested Ivanna Lisette Ortiz, a 35-year-old woman, on suspicion of attempted murder, a felony, a media relations rep from the LAPD confirmed to Rolling Stone. Ortiz was booked shortly after 2 a.m. on Monday and bail was set at $10,225,000. Official charges remain forthcoming.
Los Angeles Times, citing law enforcement sources, reports that Ortiz had allegedly used an AR-15-style assault rifle to fire several shots, one of which pierced a wall of the mansion. Rihanna was at home at the time of the shooting, which occurred at around 1:21 p.m., as were her partner, A$AP Rocky, and their children. All were unharmed. The suspect’s motive remains unclear; Ortiz has no yet-known connection to Rihanna or A$AP Rocky. New York Post has published bizarre social media messages Ortiz allegedly sent to Rihanna.
Ortiz’s file in the Sheriff of Los Angeles County’s inmate search described her as having blonde hair and brown eyes. The Orlando resident, who is a licensed speech pathologist, had been arrested several times in the state, according to the Times. Those arrests were related to a 2013 bankruptcy case, suspicion of careless driving in 2021, and suspicion of domestic violence and battery in 2023. NBC News reported that Ortiz’s social media identified her as an Illinois native.
Multiple outlets report that Ortiz drove a white Tesla up to Rihanna’s home and opened fire from her vehicle. The Times reports that an LAPD radio dispatch cited 10 shots as being fired, while NBC News reported four shots. The latter news source reported that what looked like bullet holes were visible on the property’s front gate. The vehicle subsequently drove away, according to the Times, and was later spotted in a Sherman Oaks shopping center’s parking lot by a police helicopter. Police arrested the suspect half an hour later.
“When they pulled the suspect over and took her into custody, they searched the vehicle and located an assault rifle and seven casings,” an LAPD spokesperson, Armen Arias, told the Times.
Neither Rihanna nor A$AP Rocky have commented on the attack.
Rihanna recently posted video that showed she’s working on the follow-up to her last album, 2016’s Anti, in addition to taking care of her kids.
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