Suspect in Rihanna shooting now charged with attempted murder

The singer and her partner were together in a trailer on the property at the time of the shooting, while other family members and staffers were in the Beverly Hills-area home.

A Florida woman alleged to have fired multiple shots into the Beverly Hills-area home of pop star Rihanna with an AR-15-style rifle on Sunday was charged Tuesday with attempted murder, prosecutors said.

Ivanna Lisette Ortiz, 35, was charged with attempting to kill Rihanna, along with 10 counts of assault on a person with a semi-automatic firearm and three counts of shooting at an inhabited vehicle or dwelling, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

No one was injured during the incident.

Rihanna, her partner A$AP Rocky, her mother and her three children RZA Athleston, 3, Riot Rose, 2, and five-month-old Rocki Irish Mayers were all at home during the time of the shooting.

The 38-year-old singer and her rap star partner were together in a trailer on the property at the time of the Sunday afternoon shooting, while other family members and staffers were in the Beverly Hills-area home, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said outside a court hearing.

Inside court, deputy public defender Jamarcus Bradford, Ortiz’s lawyer, at first entered a plea of not guilty on her behalf, but then withdrew it in favour of postponing arraignment until March 25. She was ordered held on US$1.8-million bail. Ortiz wore blue jail clothes with her blond hair in braids and spoke to the lawyer through a glass divider.

The L.A. County Public Defender’s Office said in a statement that it could not comment on the pending case against Ortiz.

“As in every case, we will work to ensure that our client receives the full protections guaranteed under the Constitution,” the statement said.