Rihanna ‘home shooter’ said to have hurled abuse at singer on social media days before attack
The woman who allegedly shot at Rihanna’s mansion is said to have posted a threatening message directed at the performer on social media days before the attack.
Rihanna’s alleged home shooter reportedly targeted the singer’s mansion days after posting a threatening message directed at the performer on social media.
Ivanna Ortiz, 35, has been accused by police of opening fire with an assault rifle at the Beverly Hills home of Rihanna, 38, on Sunday (08.03.26) while the star was at home.
According to the Daily Mail, days before the shooting, the suspect posted an abuse-filled message directed at Rihanna on Facebook on 23 February.
Sharing an image of herself wearing a leopard-print top, she is said to have written: “@badgalriri Are you there? Cause I was waiting for your AIDS 5-head self to say something to me directly instead of sneaking around like you talking to me where I’m not at.”
In other social media posts, the mail said Ortiz declared she was “threw [sic] with Rihanna” and described the singer as a “turn hiding b****”.
Rihanna, her partner A$AP Rocky, 37, and their children – RZA, three, Riot, two, and Rocki, five months – are said to haver been inside the home at the time of the shooting, though no injuries were reported.
Officers allege Ortiz fired the shots from a white Tesla before fleeing the scene.
The LAPD’s Robbery–Homicide Division is investigating the incident, police confirmed, with Ortiz now facing an attempted murder charge.
Radio dispatch recordings of the incident, heard by the Los Angeles Times, said at least 10 shots were fired from the vehicle before the driver left the scene.
As officers began searching for the car, a description was circulated over police radio describing the suspect as having her hair in braids and wearing a cream-coloured blouse.
Ortiz is pictured on social media wearing her hair in braids.
A police helicopter later located a Tesla in a parking lot in Sherman Oaks, where Ortiz was arrested.
According to the Mail, Ortiz has previous arrests in Florida for domestic violence, careless driving and violating pretrial release conditions.
In December last year, she is said to have filed an appeal seeking to overturn a decision in her home state that granted custody of her child to her former partner.
Ortiz has also promoted a “Praying Woman’s Journal” on YouTube, where she reads from the Bible daily and coaches others through prayer.
She has also posted images of herself posing with pageant trophies and has said she won Miss Teen Illinois Latina Princess in 2006.
A source close to Rihanna and A$AP Rocky told the New York Post the couple “don’t know much” about the attack and were left in the dark as to what happened.
Rihanna purchased the five-bedroom, seven-bathroom home which was targeted on Sunday in 2021.
The property features an open-air courtyard and swimming pool and sits on a secluded cul-de-sac on a 21,958 sq-ft lot originally built in the 1930s.
Other neighbours on the typically quiet street include Mariah Carey, who has leased a property nearby for several years, and Madonna.
