{"id":296991,"date":"2026-05-02T20:31:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T20:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/296991\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T20:31:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T20:31:07","slug":"police-respond-to-shooting-near-chris-browns-los-angeles-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/296991\/","title":{"rendered":"Police respond to shooting near Chris Brown\u2019s Los Angeles home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities responded to a shooting near the home of Chris Brown in Los Angeles \u2014 and the suspect is already in custody. <\/p>\n<p>An LAPD Media Relations officer told Page Six that Friday around 4:11 p.m., West Valley Division Los Angeles Police Department officers responded to a radio call for an incident in Tarzana for a potential \u201cshooting that had just occurred.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cvictim and the suspect became involved in a dispute,\u201d during which the suspect allegedly \u201cproduced a CO2-style handgun and fired at the victim,\u201d according to LAPD. <\/p>\n<p>The suspect was \u201capprehended by responding officers\u201d and subsequently arrested for assault with a deadly weapon, not a firearm. Bail was set at $50,000.00. <\/p>\n<p>Sources told Page Six on Saturday that the \u201cLoyal\u201d hitmaker was not involved.<\/p>\n<p>A shooting allegedly occurred outside the home of Chris Brown (seen above in October) on Friday, Page Six confirmed.  WireImage<\/p>\n<p>Officers responded to an incident outside the Tarzana property for a possible \u201cshooting that had just occurred,\u201d an LAPD Media Relations officer told Page Six.  Vasquez-Max Lopes \/ LEGA \/ AKM-GSI<\/p>\n<p>TMZ was the first to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/02\/chris-brown-shooting-outside-his-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">report the news<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to sources for the outlet, the caller was a woman who described the alleged suspect as a black male, around 35 years of age. She alleged that he fired the weapon at her vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Sources told the outlet that law enforcement interviewed both the alleged suspect and victim, and claimed the male suspect told them an argument broke out after the woman refused to leave.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect claimed he fired shots at the woman\u2019s vehicle after she allegedly drove over his foot. <\/p>\n<p>The \u201cvictim and the suspect became involved in a dispute,\u201d and the suspect allegedly \u201cproduced a CO2-style handgun and fired at the victim,\u201d the statement read.  Vasquez-Max Lopes \/ LEGA \/ AKM-GSI<\/p>\n<p>Sources told Page Six the R&amp;B star was not involved. He\u2019s pictured above in 2022.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement sources told the outlet that the man was taken into custody at the scene and subsequently arrested for vandalism and assault with a deadly weapon. <\/p>\n<p>Officials noted to the outlet that the incident went down on the street outside the singer\u2019s residence \u2014 not inside the house or on the Grammy winner\u2019s property. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear if Brown was in the home at the time of the incident. <\/p>\n<p>A rep for Brown did not immediately respond to Page Six\u2019s request for comment on Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>Though Brown wasn\u2019t involved, he\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/07\/23\/entertainment\/chris-brown-sued-for-50m-over-alleged-backstage-assault-on-four-concertgoers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">faced plenty of legal drama<\/a> in the past \u2014  the \u201cUnder the Influence\u201d singer was <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/05\/15\/celebrity-news\/chris-brown-arrested-for-bottle-attack-on-music-producer-at-club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">arrested in May 2025 in Manchester, England<\/a> over allegations he hit music producer Abe Diaw with a tequila bottle at a London nightclub in 2023. <\/p>\n<p>Sources told TMZ that that a suspect was taken into custody at the scene and arrested for vandalism and assault with a deadly weapon. Brown is pictured above at Paris Fashion Week in January.   Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Brown (seen above in January) is also embroiled in a lawsuit with a former housekeeper over an alleged dog attack. WWD via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>He was charged with one count of grievous bodily harm and eventually <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/video\/chris-brown-granted-bail-after-allegedly-hitting-music-producer-abe-diaw-with-tequila-bottle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">released on bail<\/a>. Brown pleaded not guilty to the charges in June 2025 and the matter is set for trial in October 2026. <\/p>\n<p>Diaw, meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/10\/28\/entertainment\/chris-brown-sued-for-allegedly-beating-up-man-at-london-nightclub\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sued over the incident<\/a> \u2014 though in June 2025, Brown reached a settlement with Diaw, who subsequently dropped his $16 million civil lawsuit. <\/p>\n<p>Brown is also embroiled in a lawsuit with former housekeeper Maria Avila, who sued the R&amp;B star in 2021 over an alleged dog attack on her sister in 2020. <\/p>\n<p>The case is set to go to trial June 15, and Brown \u2014 who was <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2017\/08\/16\/chris-brown-on-rihanna-assault-i-felt-like-a-monster\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">accused by ex Rihanna of domestic violence<\/a> in 2009 \u2014 has recently filed to block any mention of the incident during the proceedings, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/tvshowbiz\/article-15785123\/Chris-Brown-gunfire-LA-mansion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">according to the Daily Mail. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities responded to a shooting near the home of Chris Brown in Los Angeles \u2014 and the suspect&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[4845,116113,48,52,51,47,50,49,330,236,15774],"class_list":["post-296991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-celebrity-news","tag-chris-brown","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-music","tag-police","tag-shootings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}