Jameelah Elena Michl, the homeless lady accused of killing Los Angeles film marketer and social justice activist Michael Latt in his house, allegedly warned she had a gun and would use it earlier this 12 months, in accordance with courtroom paperwork.
“My Glock is loaded as I write this,” the 36-year-old wrote to the director A.V. Rockwell – a buddy of Latt’s whom prosecutors allege Michl was stalking. “One pull of the trigger, and I’ll be free.”
It was only a portion of certainly one of a number of “extremely long and threatening” messages that Rockwell cited when asking the courtroom for a restraining order earlier this 12 months.
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From left to proper, Michelle Satter, A.V. Rockwell and Michael Latt attend the 2023 Sundance Movie Competition “A Thousand And One” Premiere at The Ray Theatre on Jan. 22, 2023 in Park Metropolis, Utah. Latt was killed in his own residence earlier this week after a homeless lady who prosecutors mentioned was stalking Rockwell allegedly broke into his house with a handgun. (Mat Hayward/Getty Photos for Focus Options)
Excerpts have been posted earlier by The Related Press. In one other missive, Michl allegedly threatened to shoot herself in Griffith Park, about 5 miles from Latt’s rental.
Prosecutors mentioned Thursday afternoon that Michl knocked on Latt’s door, pressured her means inside after which shot the 33-year-old with a semiautomatic handgun in his $800,000, one-bedroom condominium within the Mid-Wilshire neighborhood round 6 p.m. Monday.
Not less than one different particular person was inside and escaped damage. Authorities mentioned it was not Rockwell. Latt shared the house together with his fiancée, in accordance with neighbors.
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Michael Latt attends Values Partnerships presents “A Toast to Black Art, Love, & Creativity” at Lume Studios on June 13, 2023 in New York Metropolis. (Cassidy Sparrow/Getty Photos for Values Partnerships)
Prosecutors mentioned that Michl focused Latt due to his friendship with Rockwell.
Los Angeles police arrested her on the scene and rushed Latt to a hospital, the place he succumbed to his accidents.
Michl had labored on Rockwell’s award-winning new movie, “A Thousand And One,” the Los Angeles Instances reported. Nevertheless, she was dwelling out of her automotive, which police additionally seized as proof.
“As you continue to bask in the glory of ‘A Thousand and One,’ l want you to remember, and not forget all the hell that people went through to help bring your masterpiece to the screen,” Michl wrote to the director in April, in accordance with the paperwork.
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A homeless lady broke right into a Los Angeles condominium Monday and allegedly gunned down the advertising govt and social justice advocate who lived inside, Michael Latt, in accordance with the LAPD. (Google Maps)
Michl is being held for $3 million bail on charges of homicide, housebreaking and illegal use of a firearm. She is due in courtroom for an arraignment on Dec. 15. She faces a most sentence of life in jail if convicted.
Latt got here from a well-established Hollywood household. His mom, Michelle Satter, was a founding director on the Sundance Institute. His father is a producer, and his brother is a prime expertise agent at CAA.
The sufferer was the chief govt and chief monetary officer of a advertising agency he based known as Lead With Love, the place his said aim was to “dedicate his career to being of service, supporting influential women and artists of color and utilizing storytelling, art and more to spark lasting change and bring hope, love and inspiration to communities.”
Blackout Community advertising coordinator Michael Latt attends the “#BlackLifeBlackProtest” screening through the 2015 Los Angeles Movie Competition at Regal Cinemas L.A. Reside on June 11, 2015 in Los Angeles. (Amanda Edwards/WireImage)
Latt labored on movies together with “Fruitvale Station,” concerning the Oakland, California, police-involved capturing that killed Oscar Grant in 2009, and “Till,” a biographical movie concerning the mom of lynching sufferer Emmett Until, in accordance with Lead With Love.
He has additionally been a vocal supporter of progressive social justice causes and has been seen attending Black Lives Matter protests.
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“Not enough change has happened since the 2020 Uprising,” he wrote in a June 2022 Instagram put up relating to a protest over the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd. “We’ll continue to fight and stand up against police violence and White supremacy until true justice is real in this country.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.
