Jameelah Elena Michl
Woman who shot dead Michael Latt in Los Angeles.
Jameelah Michl, equipped with a semi-automatic firearm, allegedly knocked on Latt’s door on Monday night, November 27, and pushed her way inside when he opened the door.
Latt died after being transported to the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds.
Hannah Lovingood, Latt’s fiancee, was inside the home at the time of the incident.
Michl’s arraignment on murder and burglary charges has been continued to 15 December, so she has not yet entered a plea. Prosecutors are seeking $3m bail. If convicted, she could face a sentence of life in prison. Michl will be represented by a public defender.
LAPD has stated that Jameelah Michl was homeless, and had been residing in a vehicle parked near Latt’s residence.
She reportedly stayed at the scene of the crime after she shot Michael.
The vehicle, where she used to stay, has been confiscated by authorities as evidence.
Michl was accused of stalking a Hollywood film director before committing the crime.
She supposedly attacked Michael Latt on the night of November 27, because he was featured in a photograph posted in January alongside the film director she had been stalking at the Sundance Film Festival.
Michl suspected Latt was friends with the director she wanted to be romantically involved with.
The director, AV Rockwell, held a restraining order against Jameelah Michl, who had worked as an extra in her film ‘A Thousand And One’.