Rihanna and A$AP Rocky were spotted together in New York City, making their first public appearance together since last week’s horrifying attack on their California home by a gunman.
The couple was violently flanked by security guards as they left a Manhattan building and headed to a waiting SUV on Tuesday.
Rihanna stepped out in hemmed jeans, snakeskin boots, a gray sweater, and a leather jacket, while Rocky followed her in a black trench coat and baseball cap.
Police have confirmed to Page Six that the woman who allegedly opened fire at Rihanna’s home on March 8 is 35-year-old Ivanna Ortiz. She was arrested that day by the Los Angeles Police Department for attempted murder, and was later formally charged with attempted murder, which could carry a life sentence.
Ortiz appeared in Los Angeles County Court on March 10 for his arraignment and prosecution hearing, court documents show.
In addition to the attempted murder charge, she was also charged with nine counts of assault with a firearm, two counts of shooting into a dwelling, and one count of shooting into a motor vehicle.
Ortiz allegedly used an AR-15-style rifle to fire bullets into Rihanna’s $14 million home, where she lives with A$AP Rocky and their three children: RZA, 3, Riott Rhodes, 2, and 5-month-old Rocky Irish Meyers.
Police received a report of a shooting at 1:21 p.m. and immediately took Ortiz into custody.
Photos taken at the nine-time Grammy Award winner’s home showed a bullet hitting the singer’s front security gate before the gunman ultimately crashed into an Airstream trailer parked in the couple’s driveway.
At a press conference after Ortiz’s hearing, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hockman told reporters that Rihanna and Rocky were both inside the trailer when bullets started going through the windshield.
In court on Tuesday, it was also reported that Rihanna, who is from Florida, had robbed another home in the neighborhood. Two people were on the premises at the time of the shooting.
Page Six has confirmed that Ortiz has previously been arrested in his home state of Florida for careless driving, domestic violence, and violating pretrial release conditions.
