Los Angeles police are investigating the fatal stabbing of actor James Handy at a Tarzana home, a case that turned from an emergency call into a murder arrest within hours on Wednesday. Handy, 81, was identified as the victim on Thursday.
That is why the name james handy top gun is drawing searches now: the veteran actor was found unconscious in the front yard of the Erwin Street home with a stab wound to his chest, taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead. Handy appeared in Logan, Jumanji, Top Gun: Maverick and Arachnophobia, and representatives for the actor confirmed the news.
West Valley area patrol officers responded around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday after a 911 caller said, “I am the son of man. I just killed the man of sin.” Officers found Michael Gledhill, 44, who flagged them down and told them he was the person they were looking for, police said. Gledhill lives at the Erwin Street home with his mother, who is in a relationship with Handy.
Police said the killing appeared isolated and there was no danger to the public, even as Gledhill was arrested, transported to Van Nuys Jail and booked on suspicion of murder. His bail was set at $2 million. What led to the stabbing has not been explained publicly, leaving the central facts intact but the motive still out of reach.
For now, the case moves from a Tarzana front yard to the courtroom, with prosecutors expected to test the same question investigators have not answered: what happened inside that home before Handy was killed.
