{"id":687441,"date":"2026-06-06T06:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T06:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/687441\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T06:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T06:16:09","slug":"james-handys-stabbing-death-suspect-charged-with-murder-in-l-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/687441\/","title":{"rendered":"James Handy’s Stabbing Death Suspect Charged With Murder In L.A."},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe man suspected of stabbing Top Gun: Maverick<\/a> actor James Handy<\/a> to death earlier this week <\/a>will have to face a mental competency hearing before murder charges can be pursued.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe capacities of Michael Ray Gledhill\u00a0will be examined in a Hollywood court June 22, a state judge decided Friday, after the Los Angeles County District Attorney<\/a> filed a felony complaint against the middle-age son of Handy\u2019s girlfriend.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOn or about June 3, 2026, in the County of Los Angeles, the crime<\/a> of Murder, in violation of Penal Code section 187(a), a Felony, was committed by Michael Ray Gledhill, who did unlawfully, and with malice aforethought murder James Anthony Handy, a human being,\u201d asserted the filing by DA Nathan Hochman<\/a>\u2018s office today.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe charge carries a sentence of 26 years to life for 44-year-old Gledhill if he is found guilty. He is currently behind bars on bail of $2.02 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tHandy, 81, was bludgeoned outside a Tarzana home on Wednesday morning. Found by LAPD<\/a> in the residence\u2019s front yard unconscious and with chest wounds, Handy was transported by ambulance to a local hospital soon after 9:30 a.m. He was pronounced dead on arrival.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn the 911 call to authorities alerting them to Handy\u2019s stabbing, Gledhill can be heard saying \u201cI am the son of man, I just killed the man of sin.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis is not how anyone\u2019s life should end, stabbed in the chest and left dying in the front yard of a home,\u201d Hochman said Friday after the charges were filed and before the arraignment that saw criminal proceedings paused over mental health concerns.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe victim, James Handy, deserved to live out his later years enjoying what he had worked so hard for and enjoying it with those he loved and cared about,\u201d Hochman added. \u201cLike all murder victims, his life mattered and the person who inexplicably and violently took it must be held accountable for his actions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tGlenhill actually ID\u2019d himself to officers on the scene, according to the cops themselves. \u201cThe suspect flagged down nearby responding officers, telling them he as the one they were looking for,\u201d a LAPD statement says. \u201cThe suspect resides at the location with his mother, who is the victim\u2019s girlfriend.<\/p>\n

\n\tJourneyman thespian Handy had around 100 credits including a presence in the highflying 2022 Tom Cruise sequel Top Gun: Maverick; in TV on Alias, The X-Files,\u00a0Walker Texas Ranger,\u00a0Law & Order; and other flicks like 2017\u2019s X-Men<\/a> spinoff Logan<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The man suspected of stabbing Top Gun: Maverick actor James Handy to death earlier this week will have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":687442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[3071,88,297837,15197,4362,44947,26265,20791,9616],"class_list":["post-687441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-crime","tag-entertainment","tag-james-handy","tag-lapd","tag-logan","tag-los-angeles-county-district-attorney","tag-nathan-hochman","tag-top-gun-maverick","tag-x-men"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}