LOS ANGELES (AP) — A high-profile leisure advertising marketing consultant was focused by a lady who had been stalking one in every of his buddies earlier than she fatally shot him after her forcing her approach inside his Los Angeles house, prosecutors stated Thursday.

This week’s slaying of Michael Latt despatched shockwaves by Hollywood because the suspect faces prices of homicide and housebreaking. Latt, 33, had labored on tasks with filmmakers together with Ryan Coogler and Ava DuVernay, in addition to rap artist Common.

He was pronounced useless Monday within the hospital. Prosecutors allege that Jameelah Elena Michl, 36, knocked on his house’s door and compelled herself inside as soon as it was open.

She had sought out Latt’s house “after she targeted him for being friends with a woman she had been stalking,” the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office stated in a information launch Thursday. She allegedly fired at him with a semi-automatic handgun.

Authorities haven’t named the girl or stated whether or not she was inside Latt’s house.

Michl’s arraignment has been continued to Dec. 15, so she has not but entered a plea, and prosecutors are searching for $3 million bail. If convicted, she might face a sentence of life in jail. The district legal professional’s workplace didn’t instantly say whether or not she had an legal professional who might converse on her behalf. Online courtroom data don’t present defendants’ attorneys and a consultant for the general public defender’s workplace didn’t instantly have details about whether or not a public defender was assigned to Michl’s case.

Detectives seized Michl’s car, which she had been residing in, as proof. She stayed on the scene and was taken into custody. Officials haven’t launched particulars in regards to the alleged stalking.

Latt’s marking agency, Lead with Love, targeted on social impression, and he was impressed to start out the enterprise after engaged on Ryan Coogler’s film “Fruitvale Station,” in regards to the 2009 deadly police capturing of Oscar Grant in Oakland, California, that starred Michael B. Jordan, and needed to direct his efforts towards social justice actions.

He was born right into a present enterprise household: His mom, Michelle Satter, is among the founding administrators of the Sundance Institute’s artists packages, the place she has helped filmmakers comparable to Coogler and Quentin Tarantino early of their careers. His father, David Latt, is a movie producer, and his brother is an agent.

Latt had additionally labored on the Sundance Institute, which issued an announcement on behalf of his household.

“He dedicated his career to serving others, employing storytelling, art, and various mediums to create enduring change and galvanizing communities with hope, love, and inspiration,” the assertion stated. “Michael will never be forgotten and his legacy and work will carry on through his family, his friends, and his colleagues.”

Latt additionally labored with Common, on the Oscars marketing campaign for the track “Letter to the Free,” and with filmmaker Ava DuVernay. Together, they launched a concert prison tour and helped developed Common’s nonprofit Imagine Justice.

“The moment I realized that I could use my skill set for social good, I decided to dedicate the rest of my career to helping others, empowering storytellers of color, and fighting injustice wherever it stands,” Latt told Forbes in 2019. “Through stories and art, we can showcase incarcerated and formerly incarcerated men and women’s humanity, shine a light on injustices in the system and shift the narrative about how we talk about the issues.”

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Associated Press Film Writer Lindsey Bahr contributed.