{"id":227468,"date":"2026-03-10T01:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T01:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/rihanna-hikes-personal-security-after-gun-attack-on-her-home\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T01:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T01:00:13","slug":"rihanna-hikes-personal-security-after-gun-attack-on-her-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/rihanna-hikes-personal-security-after-gun-attack-on-her-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Rihanna &apos;hikes personal security after gun attack on her home&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2026-03-10\" datetime=\"1773104413\" pubdate=\"\">10 March 2026<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/rihanna\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,rihanna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rihanna<\/a> has reportedly hiked up her personal security after the gun attack on her home.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Rihanna has reportedly hiked up her personal security after the gun attack on her home<\/p>\n<p>The singer, 38, was at home at her Beverly Hills mansion when it was struck by 10 shots on Sunday (08.03.26), with Ivanna Ortiz, 35, since arrested by police on suspicion of firing an assault rifle at the property.<\/p>\n<p>Page Six has now reported a source told the outlet \u201cthe singer is taking extra security precautions and has even rescheduled an upcoming photo shoot because of the shooting\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Another insider said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/rihanna\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,rihanna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rihanna<\/a> \u201cdoesn\u2019t understand\u201d why her family was targeted in the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>They added to Page Six the Disturbia performer has been left &#8220;freaking the f*** out\u201d after the attack using an AR-15 rifle.<\/p>\n<p>\nA source said: \u201cRihanna heard the shots, but was initially confused about what happened. <\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cEven with a great security team in place, it\u2019s scary to realize that something like this can still happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201c(It was) terrifying (but Rihanna is thankful) everyone is safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nRihanna shares the property with her longtime rapper partner A$AP Rocky, 37, and their children RZA, three, Riot, two, and six-month-old Rocki.<\/p>\n<p>\nIt has also been reported Rihanna\u2019s alleged home shooter reportedly targeted the singer\u2019s mansion days after posting a threatening message directed at the performer on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\nAccording to the Daily Mail, days before the shooting, suspect Ivanna Ortiz posted an abuse-filled message directed at Rihanna on Facebook on 23 February. <\/p>\n<p>\nSharing an image of herself wearing a leopard-print top, she is said to have written: \u201c@badgalriri Are you there? Cause I was waiting for your AIDS 5-head self to say something to me directly instead of sneaking around like you talking to me where I\u2019m not at.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nIn other social media posts, the mail said Ortiz declared she was \u201cthrew [sic] with Rihanna\u201d and described the singer as a \u201cturn hiding b****\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\nRihanna, her partner A$AP Rocky, 37, and their children \u2013 RZA, three, Riot, two, and Rocki, five months \u2013 are said to haver been inside the home at the time of the shooting, though no injuries were reported. <\/p>\n<p>\nOfficers allege Ortiz fired the shots from a white Tesla before fleeing the scene. <\/p>\n<p>\nThe LAPD\u2019s Robbery\u2013Homicide Division is investigating the incident, police confirmed, with Ortiz now facing an attempted murder charge.<\/p>\n<p>\nRadio dispatch recordings of the incident, heard by the Los Angeles Times, said at least 10 shots were fired from the vehicle before the driver left the scene. <\/p>\n<p>\nAs officers began searching for the car, a description was circulated over police radio describing the suspect as having her hair in braids and wearing a cream-coloured blouse.<\/p>\n<p>\nOrtiz is pictured on social media wearing her hair in braids. <\/p>\n<p>\nA police helicopter later located a Tesla in a parking lot in Sherman Oaks, where Ortiz was arrested.<\/p>\n<p>\nAccording to the Mail, Ortiz has previous arrests in Florida for domestic violence, careless driving and violating pretrial release conditions. <\/p>\n<p>\nIn December last year, she is said to have filed an appeal seeking to overturn a decision in her home state that granted custody of her child to her former partner.<\/p>\n<p>\nOrtiz has also promoted a \u201cPraying Woman\u2019s Journal\u201d on YouTube, where she reads from the Bible daily and coaches others through prayer. <\/p>\n<p>\nShe has also posted images of herself posing with pageant trophies and has said she won Miss Teen Illinois Latina Princess in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>\nA source close to Rihanna and A$AP Rocky told the New York Post the couple \u201cdon\u2019t know much\u201d about the attack and were left in the dark as to what happened.<\/p>\n<p>\nRihanna purchased the five-bedroom, seven-bathroom home which was targeted on Sunday in 2021. <\/p>\n<p>\nThe property features an open-air courtyard and swimming pool and sits on a secluded cul-de-sac on a 21,958 sq ft lot originally built in the 1930s.<\/p>\n<p>\nOther neighbours on the typically quiet street include Mariah Carey, who has leased a property nearby for several years, and Madonna.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/rihanna-hikes-personal-security-after-gun-attack-home-1438870.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 March 2026 Rihanna has reportedly hiked up her personal security after the gun attack on her home. Rihanna has reportedly hiked up her personal security after the gun attack on her home The singer, 38, was at home at her Beverly Hills mansion when it was struck by 10 shots on Sunday (08.03.26), with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":227469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[723,14034,603,254,33,14051,14050,14052,14055,14054,14056,14053,4108,14049,2078],"class_list":{"0":"post-227468","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-aap-rocky","9":"tag-ivanna-ortiz","10":"tag-madonna","11":"tag-mariah-carey","12":"tag-rihanna","13":"tag-rihanna-children","14":"tag-rihanna-family","15":"tag-rihanna-home-shooting-suspect","16":"tag-rihanna-kids-rza-riot-rocki","17":"tag-rihanna-partner-aap-rocky","18":"tag-rihanna-security-team","19":"tag-rihanna-shooter-ivanna-ortiz","20":"tag-riot","21":"tag-rocki","22":"tag-rza"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}