(CNN)A antheral has been arrested successful the shooting decease of Jacqueline Avant, philanthropist and woman of euphony icon Clarence Avant.
"We're precise pleased to denote contiguous that we person arrested a fishy successful the homicide of 1 of our beloved Beverly Hills residents," Beverly Hills Police Chief Mark Stainbrook announced successful a briefing Thursday.
Multiple surveillance videos showed the suspect's conveyance leaving the Avant's affluent vicinity aft the shooting, Stainbrook said.
The 29-year-old fishy has an extended transgression past and is connected parole, according to police.
Avant was changeable and killed successful the couple's Beverly Hills location aboriginal Wednesday morning. Her hubby and a backstage information defender were astatine the location astatine the clip of the shooting, constabulary said.
Los Angeles Police responded to a abstracted burglary telephone astir an hr aft the shooting astatine the Avant residence and recovered a antheral successful the backyard of a Hollywood location seeking assistance for a gunshot wound. According to police, helium told archetypal responders helium had accidentally changeable himself successful the foot.
Police person recovered a limb of the aforesaid caliber utilized successful the shooting of Mrs. Avant. LAPD said the weapon was an AR-15 rifle.
Stainbrook, who was sworn successful arsenic main conscionable 2 days ago, did not connection a motive for Avant's shooting, saying it was excessively aboriginal successful the probe to speculate. On Wednesday, helium said the shooting did not look to beryllium random.
"Jacqueline was an astonishing woman, wife, mother, philanthropist, and a 55-year nonmigratory of Beverly Hills, who has made an immeasurable affirmative publication and interaction connected the arts community," the Avant household said successful a connection Wednesday. "She volition beryllium missed by her family, friends, and each of the radical she has helped passim her astonishing life."
Jacqueline and Clarence Avant joined successful 1967 and had 2 children together, Nicole and Alexander. Clarence Avant was the taxable of the 2019 documentary "The Black Godfather," which looked astatine his governmental influence, philharmonic bequest and enactment with musicians similar Bill Withers and Babyface.
Nicole Avant is joined to Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos.
News of Avant's decease rattled the euphony satellite and beyond, eliciting condolences from the likes of hoops large Magic Johnson to erstwhile President Bill Clinton.
CNN's Stella Chan contributed to this report.
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