Florida Woman Suspected Of Shooting At Rihanna's Beverly Hills Home Set To Face Charges

A Florida female is expected to beryllium criminally charged Tuesday aft she allegedly sprayed bullets astatine nan Beverly Hills location of prima vocalist Rihanna.

Ivana Ortiz, 35, of Orlando is expected to look successful a downtown Los Angeles courtroom connected Tuesday afternoon, according to 2 sources pinch nonstop knowledge of nan business who said connected nan information of anonymity successful bid to talk nan matter candidly because charges had yet to beryllium officially filed.

Los Angeles constabulary said Ortiz fired nan shots from a parked car extracurricular Rihanna’s location successful nan Post Office conception of Beverly Hills. No 1 was injured, but bullets struck nan singer’s home, an Airstream parked connected nan spot and a neighbor’s house, according to 1 of nan sources.

The vocalist was location astatine nan clip alongside her partner, A$AP Rocky, and their 3 children, according to nan official. Rihanna and Rocky were successful nan Airstream astatine nan clip of nan shooting, nan charismatic said.

“They easy could person been hit,” nan charismatic said.

Representatives for Rihanna and Rocky did not respond to a petition for remark Tuesday morning.

During his play crime briefing Tuesday morning, Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell said a witnesser saw nan fishy driving up and down nan thoroughfare extracurricular Rihanna’s location successful a achromatic Tesla successful nan moments earlier nan shooting. Officers later broadcast nan vehicle’s explanation and a licence sheet scholar captured nan conveyance passing done Benedict Canyon, he said.

An LAPD chopper began to way nan vehicle, which was yet pulled complete successful Sherman Oaks adjacent Ventura and Sepulveda boulevards, according to McDonnell. Ortiz was arrested without incident and did not speak pinch detectives. Police said they recovered an “AR-15-style” rifle, ammunition and a blond wig successful her car. Additional ammunition, including a 30-round magazine, was recovered successful nan vehicle’s trunk, nan LAPD said.

A full of 7 group were connected nan spot astatine nan clip of nan shooting, McDonnell said.

Ortiz is simply a licensed reside therapist pinch aggregate anterior arrests who had attacked Rihanna connected societal media successful caller weeks. It was not clear who her lawyer was, and attempts to interaction her person been unsuccessful arsenic she has remained successful LAPD custody since Sunday.

On Feb. 17, Ortiz posted a meme to Facebook falsely alleging Rihanna had AIDS. In different station six days later, she tagged Rihanna successful a station demanding nan vocalist “say thing to maine straight alternatively of sneaking astir for illustration you talking to maine wherever I’m not at.”

Records show Ortiz has anterior arrests successful Florida connected charges of sloppy driving, home unit and battery. It was not clear if she was convicted of immoderate crimes.

Police person not disclosed a motive successful nan attack. The lawsuit remains nether investigation by nan LAPD’s Robbery-Homicide Division.

L.A. County prosecutors will now find themselves connected nan aforesaid broadside of a courtroom arsenic Rihanna and Rocky, a small complete a twelvemonth aft nan territory attorney’s agency tried to put nan rapper successful prison. Rocky — whose ineligible sanction is Rakim Meyers — faced 20 years successful situation arsenic prosecutors took him to trial connected battle charges for allegedly shooting a erstwhile friend successful Hollywood successful 2021.

Rocky denied each wrongdoing and jumped into a courtroom assemblage to hug Rihanna erstwhile he was acquitted successful February 2025.