On November 27, 2023, 33-year-old Hollywood marketing executive Michael Latt was shot to death inside his Los Angeles home. The assailant was 36-year-old Jameelah Elena Michl, who had been living in her car near the residence. Michl forced her way into Latt’s home and fired multiple times with a semi-automatic handgun while Latt’s fiancée was present.

Investigators say Michl had been stalking film director A.V. Rockwell after appearing as an extra in his film A Thousand and One. Rockwell obtained multiple restraining orders, but the harassment continued. Authorities say Michl targeted Latt because of his friendship with Rockwell.

In June 2024 Michl pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and first-degree residential burglary and admitted using a firearm during the attack; sentencing was scheduled for July 10, 2024. Are there details about Latt’s life or his work that might help explain why he was targeted through his association with Rockwell?