Rihanna Home Shooting Suspect Indicted on Attempted Murder and 10 Assault Counts After AR-15 Attack, Faces Life in Prison
Rihanna Home Shooting Suspect Indicted on Attempted Murder and 10 Assault Counts After AR-15 Attack, Faces Life in Prison
Michael Prieve Wed, March 11, 2026 at 3:11 AM UTC
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Ivanna Lisette Ortiz, 35, of Orlando, Florida, allegedly fired approximately 10 shots at Rihanna’s Beverly Crest home on March 8, 2026, while the singer, A$AP Rocky, their children, and others were inside.
Ortiz faces one count of attempted murder, 10 felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, and three felony counts of shooting at an inhabited dwelling — and could face life in prison if convicted.
A judge issued a protective order barring Ortiz from contacting Rihanna, A$AP Rocky, their neighbors, and any associated work addresses.
Ivanna Lisette Ortiz, a 35-year-old woman from Orlando, Florida, has been formally charged with attempted murder after allegedly pulling up to Rihanna‘s Beverly Crest home on March 8 and opening fire with an AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office confirmed Tuesday that if convicted as charged, Ortiz faces up to life in state prison.
Ortiz was charged with one count of attempted murder, 10 felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, and three felony counts of shooting at an inhabited dwelling or camper. Her arraignment has been set for March 25 at the Foltz Criminal Justice Center. She is currently being held on $10.2 million bail.
According to the L.A. County District Attorney’s Office, on March 8 at approximately 1:20 p.m., Ortiz is accused of driving up to the front of Rihanna’s home on the 9500 block of Heather Road and firing a semiautomatic weapon multiple times. And this wasn’t an empty house.
Rihanna (Robyn Rihanna Fenty) arrives at the Rihanna x Fenty Beauty New Product Launch For Fenty Beauty Soft’Lit Naturally Luminous Longwear Foundation held at 7th Street Studios on April 26, 2024 in Los Angeles, California, United States. — Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/depositphotos.com
The Fenty Beauty founder, her partner A$AP Rocky, and their three children were home at the time, along with Rihanna’s mom and two staff members — a total of eight people inside the property. Two additional people were inside a neighboring home, which accounts for the remaining assault charges. Miraculously, no one was struck.
According to an LAPD radio dispatch cited by CNN, the woman fired off “approximately 10 shots.” Aerial footage showed multiple gunshot holes in the gate surrounding the property, in an Airstream trailer parked outside, and at least one bullet hole on the actual exterior wall of the home.
Witnesses and surveillance footage indicated the suspect fled the area in a white Tesla with paper license plates. A car matching that description was later spotted in nearby Sherman Oaks, where officers made a traffic stop and arrested the suspect.
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Rihanna at the 2nd Annual Diamond Ball held at the Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, USA on December 10, 2015. — Photo by PopularImages/depositphotos.com
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman did not mince words in a statement following the charges. “Opening fire in any populated neighborhood is extremely dangerous, puts lives at risk and will be fully prosecuted,” Hochman said. “Thankfully, no one was injured in this shooting, but this careless violence will not be tolerated in our community. Such shooters will find their next destination to be our jails and prisons.”
A motive has not been officially established, but investigators aren’t exactly starting from zero. Detectives are reviewing social media posts attributed to Ortiz, and in one post, a person using Ortiz’s name wrote: “Listen Rihanna, when you die, God is taking me to my future.”
Another post, dated February 23, reads: “@badgalriri — Are you there? ‘Cause I was waiting for your AIDS 5-head self to say something to me directly instead of sneaking around like you’re talking to me where I’m not at.”
Rihanna at the World premiere of ‘Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets’ held at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, USA on July 17, 2017. — Photo by PopularImages/depositphotos.com
It’s the kind of language that makes the $10.2 million bail feel almost reasonable.
LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell noted that the high bail amount was set in part because 10 people were in the home during the shooting. He also confirmed that authorities believe Ortiz drove from Florida, though it remains unclear exactly how long she had been in Los Angeles before the incident.
A judge also issued a protective order for Rihanna and A$AP Rocky, meaning Ortiz must stay away from the couple, their neighbors, the property, and any work addresses associated with either of them.
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The case is being prosecuted by Alexander Bott of the Major Crimes Division and remains under active investigation by the LAPD’s Robbery-Homicide Division — the same unit that handles the city’s most serious violent crimes. The fact that it landed there tells you everything you about how seriously law enforcement is taking this woman shooter and what she allegedly did on a quiet Sunday afternoon in Beverly Crest.
Rihanna’s representatives have not commented publicly. Neither has A$AP Rocky‘s camp.
The defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty. But the charges and the potential sentence are as real as it gets.
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Source: “AOL Entertainment”
