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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.
The Orlando resident, who is a licensed speech pathologist, had been arrested several times in the state.
Those arrests were related to a 2013 bankruptcy case, suspicion of careless driving in 2021, and suspicion of domestic violence and battery in 2023.
Multiple outlets report that Ortiz drove a white Tesla up to Rihanna’s home and opened fire from her vehicle.
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.
