Michael Latt Death Suspect Charged With Murder; Motive Revealed By D.A.

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Jameelah Elena Michl, the suspect in the shooting death of Michael Latt, has been charged with murder. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the loved ones of the victim, and we will work tirelessly to ensure that justice is served for this heinous crime,” stated Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón today as the charges were made public.

The suspect in the studio consultant and activist Latt’s death on November 27 will face claims of one count of murder and one count of first-degree residential burglary with person present.

If found guilty, 36-year-old Michl could be sentenced to spend the rest of her life behind bars. The founder and CEO of Lead With Love and a communications and marketing advisor to the likes of Netflix, Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY, Warner Bros Pictures, Common, and Annapurna Pictures, Latt was shot by a semi-automatic handgun on Monday evening in his mid-Wilshire home.

His fiancée, Hannah Lovingood, was in the residence at the time too. Latt, 33, died soon afterwards at a local hospital. “Michl allegedly went to the victim’s residence on the 900 block of Alandele Avenue after she targeted him for being friends with a woman she had been stalking,” Gascón’s office said Thursday of the motive for the fatal shooting. “She allegedly knocked on the door, forcing herself into the residence once it was opened by one of the occupants.” On a $3 million bail, the defendant is set to be arraigned on December 15, 2023 at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in DTLA, the DA also revealed today.