Gunfire Shatters Quiet Afternoon (Image Credits: Nypost.com)
Los Angeles – Authorities charged a 35-year-old Florida resident with attempted murder following a brazen daytime shooting outside Rihanna’s luxury home in the Beverly Crest neighborhood.[1][2]
Gunfire Shatters Quiet Afternoon
On March 8, 2026, around 1:20 p.m., Ivanna Lisette Ortiz allegedly pulled up to the 9500 block of Heather Road in a white Tesla and opened fire with a semiautomatic AR-15-style rifle.[1][3] Witnesses reported approximately 10 shots that struck the property’s front gate, an Airstream trailer parked nearby, and even targeted a neighboring residence.[4]
Rihanna, her partner A$AP Rocky, their three young children, Rihanna’s mother, and three staff members occupied the home at the time, totaling eight people on the property.[2][3] Two additional individuals were present next door. Fortunately, no one suffered injuries despite the chaos.[1]
Swift Police Pursuit Ends in Arrest
LAPD officers responded immediately to reports of gunfire from a vehicle, with dispatch audio capturing the urgency of the scene.[4] A helicopter tracked Ortiz’s Tesla as she fled south on Coldwater Canyon Drive, aided by automatic license plate readers.[2]…