‘Devastating loss’: Hollywood determine killed inside residence in random assault, LAPD says

Michael Latt, a advertising marketing consultant and social justice advocate with sturdy ties to Hollywood, died Monday after a lady entered his residence and fired a bullet that struck him within the head, legislation enforcement sources advised The Instances.

Authorities imagine the capturing was a random act of violence.

Police have been contacted round 6 p.m. a few capturing at Latt’s residence within the 900 block of Alandele Avenue. Officers arrived to seek out him with a gunshot wound to his head. He was transported to a hospital, the place he died of his accidents.

A preliminary investigation discovered Latt was shot by a lady who had entered his residence with out his permission. The suspect, recognized by police as Jameelah Elena Michl, 36, was arrested on suspicion of homicide on the scene. Taken into custody by responding officers, she is being held in lieu of $3-million bail.

Michl was described by legislation enforcement as an individual residing in her car, which was parked close by and eliminated as proof by police. Latt didn’t know his assailant, and preliminary data indicated she was not given entry to the house, legislation enforcement sources advised The Instances.

Latt was the chief govt of Lead With Love, an leisure advertising consulting agency he based in 2019 with an emphasis on elevating Black creatives and different underrepresented voices in Hollywood. He was the son of movie producer David Latt and Michelle Satter, the founding senior director on the Sundance Institute. His brother, Franklin Latt, is an agent at CAA.

Satter shared the information Wednesday of Latt’s dying on X: “Our beloved son Michael Latt fell sufferer to a tragic act of violence this week,” she wrote. “Michael devoted his profession to supporting artists, championing organizations that raised up artists of colour, & leveraged storytelling for enduring change. We have fun his legacy, love & compassion.”

As information unfold Wednesday of Latt’s dying, lots of of colleagues, mates and collaborators provided their condolences.

“Devastating loss — Michael was a shining beacon of selfless kindness and consistency,” actor Jesse Williams wrote on Latt’s remaining Instagram put up.

The Sundance Institute, the place Latt labored earlier than and through his time at Lead With Love, issued an announcement on behalf of the Latt household mourning his dying.

“He devoted his profession to serving others, using storytelling, artwork, and numerous mediums to create enduring change and galvanizing communities with hope, love, and inspiration,” the assertion learn. “Michael won’t ever be forgotten and his legacy and work will keep on by his household, his mates, and his colleagues.”

After graduating from Chapman College in 2013 with a level in public relations and promoting, Latt labored in leisure advertising for a number of years. His work for Blackout for Human Rights, a social justice collective, led him to redirect the main target of his work to social justice activism.

“The second I noticed that I might use my talent set for social good, I made a decision to dedicate the remainder of my profession to serving to others, empowering storytellers of colour, and combating injustice wherever it stands,” he advised Forbes.

As the pinnacle of Lead With Love, Latt oversaw advertising campaigns that includes celebrities such because the musician Frequent and director Ryan Coogler. In 2020, the group led a get-out-the-vote marketing campaign within the lead-up to the November election. Extra lately, the group led a marketing campaign titled “Honoring Black Ladies” to advertise the 2022 movie “Until,” which advised the story of Emmett Until, the Black 14-year-old who was lynched in 1955, and his mom, Mamie.

“He was the definitive ally — used each software he needed to elevate the voices and work of Black creatives,” author Akilah Hughes, a pal of Latt’s, wrote on X.