EXCLUSIVE: How Rattled Rihanna Cheated Death When Her Home Was Shot Up While She Was Inside
Rihanna cheated death when her home was shot up while she was inside, revealing a terrifying incident.
April 3 2026, Updated 6:30 a.m. ET
Pop princess Rihanna is lucky to be alive after a former mental patient sprayed her Beverly Hills mansion with hot lead while RiRi was home with her three kids and baby-daddy, A$AP Rocky, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
The frightening March 8 attack follows months of online taunting from 35-year-old Ivanna Ortiz of Orlando, Fla., who is now being held in a Los Angeles County lockup on an attempted murder charge. Bail was initially set at $10.2 million and then reduced to $1.875million.
In one chilling YouTube video posted two months ago, Ortiz proclaimed: "Rihanna, when you die, God is taking me to my future." She also branded the nine-time Grammy winner a "witch" who's been "stealing from [me]" and putting out music "so she can do witchcraft."
The Chilling Incident
Ivanna Ortiz allegedly fired about 10 shots from a Tesla using an AR-15-style rifle at Rihanna's Beverly Hills home while A$AP Rocky and their children were inside.
Cops said Ortiz, an online prayer coach, opened fire with an AR-15-style gun from a Tesla parked across the street from the Diamonds singer's $13.8million complex at 1:20 p.m. on a Sunday afternoon.
Ortiz fired roughly 10 shots, cops said, with four smacking the house itself and others hitting the front gate and an RV parked on the property.
Ortiz then roared away while the LAPD quickly looked at surveillance camera images. Some 30 minutes after the shooting, a police helicopter spotted the woman in a Sherman Oaks parking lot, and squad cars zoomed in and arrested her.
Troubled Past, Chilling Rihanna Threat
Authorities said Ortiz, who has previously mentioned Drake, Cardi B and Kim Kardashian online, has a troubled history, including a 2023 arrest and loss of custody last year.
Ortiz – who has also name-checked other celebs such as Drake, Cardi B and Kim Kardashian in her online tirades – has a troubled past. Sources said the former Miss Teen Illinois Latina Princess 2006 divorced in 2015 and was arrested in 2023 for attacking her ex in front of their child.
Ortiz reportedly argued she was "wrongfully arrested" and had the charges expunged.
Last year, a Florida judge stripped Ortiz of custody.
This isn't the first time Rihanna, who's worth about $1.7billion, has cheated death.
In 2018, a lunatic jumped the gate at the cosmetics and lingerie mogul's home and hid inside for 12 hours until he was found by her assistant. Rihanna was in New York at the time.
Keeping Rihanna Safe
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Sources said following the shooting, Rihanna left Los Angeles with Rocky and their children and is now searching for a more secure home.
The star, whose kids range from 3 years old to just 6 months, jetted out of L.A. after the shooting, while a source revealed she's already ordered reps to find her a "safe house" in a heavily guarded gated community to buy.
"I don't think the public will ever again know where Rihanna truly lives," an insider told RadarOnline.com. "And with good reason."
