Gate to Rihanna's home, an RV hit by bullets as suspect fired assault-style rifle, police say
Gate to Rihanna's home, an RV hit by bullets as suspect fired assault-style rifle, police say
Terry Castleman, Libor JanySun, March 8, 2026 at 11:32 PM UTC2 min readAdd Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.
A woman fired several shots into the Beverly Hills-area home of pop star Rihanna on Sunday, and a round penetrated a wall of the mansion, a law enforcement source told The Times.
Los Angeles police responded to the report of the shooting at 1:21 p.m. Sunday in the Beverly Hills Post Office neighborhood, a spokesperson said, and a 30-year-old female suspect was taken into custody.
The pop star was home, the source said.
AdvertisementAccording to police, the suspect fired multiple rounds from inside her vehicle toward the celebrity's home. No injuries were reported in the incident, according to Police Sgt. Jonathan de Vera, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department.
The LAPD radio dispatch for the incident said that at least 10 shots had been fired at the residence from a vehicle across the street from the property's gate. The vehicle, a white Tesla, then fled south on Coldwater Canyon Drive, per the dispatch audio.
As police searched for the Tesla, they relayed details over the radio: The suspect's hair was in braids; she wore a cream-colored blouse; her car was dirty on the bottom. Officers in a helicopter soon caught sight of her vehicle and followed it to a shopping center parking lot in Sherman Oaks, where they arrested her around 30 minutes after the 911 call came in, according to radio correspondence reviewed by The Times.
"When they pulled the suspect over and took her into custody, they searched the vehicle and located an assault rifle and seven casings," said Armen Arias, an LAPD spokesperson.
Police found bullet holes in a gate at Rihanna's home and in an RV parked in the driveway, he said.
The pop star reportedly lives in a colonial-style mansion in the Beverly Hills Post Office neighborhood with her rapper partner ASAP Rocky. The couple share three young children, a daughter and two sons. It wasn't immediately clear whether anyone else was home at the time of the shooting.
Read more: Family love on the brain: Rihanna praises motherhood, 'great' ASAP Rocky romance
Rihanna and ASAP Rocky are parents to sons RZA, born in May 2022, and Riot, who was born in August 2023. They welcomed daughter Rocki a little more than five months ago.
AdvertisementIn 2018, a Fullerton man broke into Rihanna's Hollywood Hills home and spent about 12 hours inside. Eduardo Leon later pleaded no contest to stalking the singer, according to then-L.A. County Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey. Leon hopped a fence and entered the house; Rihanna was not home at the time. The following day, he was discovered by the singer's assistant, authorities said.
This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
"After their mother’s passing, two young sisters found themselves living under strict rules imposed by their stepmother — forced to scrub fifty pots by hand as punishment — until the day their billionaire father uncovered the truth....
CHAPTER 2: Fifty Pots and Silent Tears
Daniel Harper paused in the grand foyer, his overnight bag still in one hand.
Normally, this house greeted him with laughter.
Lily would come racing down the stairs pretending to be too old for hugs, only to throw her arms around him anyway. Sophie would shout, "Daddy!" before launching herself into his legs like a tiny missile.
Tonight...
Silence.
The only sound was the faint scraping of metal against ceramic coming from somewhere deep inside the house.
Scrape.
Splash.
Clang.
Daniel frowned.
"Victoria?"
No answer.
He loosened his tie and followed the noise toward the kitchen.
As he reached the doorway, he stopped cold.
The enormous industrial sink was overflowing with greasy water.
Stacks upon stacks of pots, pans, baking trays, serving bowls, and utensils towered nearly as high as Sophie.
The little girl stood on a wooden stool, her tiny hands red from hot water as she struggled to scrub a burned stockpot nearly bigger than her torso.
Beside her, twelve-year-old Lily was washing another mountain of cookware with exhausted determination.
Both girls were soaked.
Both looked utterly drained.
Daniel's heart lurched.
"Lily?"
The sponge slipped from Lily's hand.
She turned so quickly that water splashed across the marble floor.
"Dad?"
For one second her face lit up.
Then panic replaced it.
"Dad... you're home?"
Sophie spun around.
"Daddy!"
She jumped from the stool and ran toward him, wrapping both arms around his waist.
Daniel knelt immediately.
His daughter's hands felt rough.
Not soft.
Not like an eight-year-old's should.
They were cracked.
Dry.
Covered with tiny cuts.
His stomach tightened.
"What happened to your hands?"
Sophie instinctively hid them behind her back.
"Nothing."
Lily quietly shook her head.
"It's okay."
No.
It wasn't okay.
Daniel slowly stood.
"Why are you girls washing dishes?"
Before either child could answer, heels clicked across the hallway.
Victoria entered wearing an elegant cream-colored dress and a smile so polished it belonged on a magazine cover.
"Daniel!"
She gasped dramatically.
"What a surprise! You didn't tell me you were coming."
She leaned in for a kiss.
Daniel barely responded.
Instead, he looked back at the endless piles of cookware.
"What is this?"
Victoria laughed lightly.
"Oh, that."
"The girls offered to help."
Lily looked at the floor.
Daniel noticed.
"They offered?"
"Of course."
Victoria crossed her arms casually.
"I'm trying to teach responsibility. Children these days spend too much time on tablets."
Daniel wasn't convinced.
He knew his daughters.
Neither would voluntarily wash enough dishes to feed an army.
Especially Sophie.
The little girl hated touching greasy pans.
"So," Daniel asked quietly, "how many dishes are there?"
Victoria shrugged.
"I don't know."
Margaret, who had remained silent near the pantry door, finally spoke.
"Fifty."
Everyone turned toward her.
"Fifty pots and pans," she repeated calmly.
"They've been washing them for almost three hours."
Victoria's smile stiffened.
"They made a mess helping with dinner."
Margaret didn't blink.
"There were only four people eating tonight."
Silence.
Daniel looked around.
The kitchen table was spotless.
No signs of a family feast.
No guests.
Nothing that explained fifty dirty pots.
Victoria quickly recovered.
"They're learning consequences."
Daniel stared at his daughters again.
Lily wouldn't meet his eyes.
Sophie looked terrified.
Not guilty.
Terrified.
He walked toward the sink.
The water had gone gray with grease.
One enormous roasting pan still held dried food that had clearly been sitting for days.
"This isn't from tonight."
Victoria answered immediately.
"The staff forgot to clean it."
Daniel frowned.
"The staff?"
Margaret lowered her head.
"There isn't any kitchen staff anymore."
Daniel turned sharply.
"What?"
Victoria sighed dramatically.
"I dismissed them."
"You dismissed everyone?"
"They were wasting money."
Daniel blinked in disbelief.
"You fired six employees without discussing it with me?"
"I was trying to help."
Margaret quietly added,
"Since then... the girls have been doing most of the cleaning."
Victoria shot her a warning glare.
Margaret ignored it.
"Laundry."
"Mopping."
"Bathrooms."
"The kitchen."
Daniel's expression darkened.
"Is that true?"
Lily hesitated.
Victoria answered before she could.
"Margaret exaggerates."
But Daniel wasn't looking at his wife anymore.
He was watching Lily.
She had inherited Emily's eyes.
Those eyes had never been able to lie.
"Lily."
His voice softened.
"Tell me."
The room became painfully still.
Lily opened her mouth.
Closed it again.
She glanced nervously toward Victoria.
That single glance said more than any words could.
Daniel noticed.
His chest tightened.
"Sweetheart..."
"You don't have to be afraid."
Victoria laughed.
"Afraid? Of me?"
Lily whispered so quietly that Daniel almost didn't hear it.
"We're not allowed to complain."
Daniel froze.
"What?"
Sophie buried her face against his side.
"If we complain..."
She stopped speaking.
Daniel crouched beside her.
"If you complain... what?"
Tiny tears rolled down Sophie's cheeks.
"We don't get dinner."
The kitchen fell completely silent.
Margaret slowly closed her eyes.
Victoria's smile disappeared.
Daniel rose to his full height.
His voice was calm.
Too calm.
"Victoria."
"My office."
"Now."
For the first time since marrying one of the richest men in Illinois...
Victoria Harper felt genuine fear.
Because the expression on Daniel Harper's face was the same one that had made billion-dollar competitors surrender across boardroom tables.
And this time...
She had nowhere to hide.
