Neighbors of the Avants were so worried by the recent rise in burglaries in the neighborhood that they hired armed guards a week before the music executive's wife was killed. Police said Clarence and a security guard were home at the time of the attack but not harmed. The 81-year-old philanthropist Jaqueline Avant, whose daughter Nicole is married to Ted Sarandos, Netflix co-CEO and chief content officer, was shot dead early Wednesday morning in her $7 million Beverly Hills mansion despite a security guard being on the property. Police confirmed that Maynor (pictured in what appears to be prison) has an extensive criminal record dating back nearly a decade, including convictions for assault, robbery and grand theft His profile claims that he studied at Hartnell College in Salinas. He served a second four-year term for second-degree robbery with enhancements for a prior felony and was released on parole on September 1, 2021.Īccording to his Facebook page, Maynor started a new job as an electrician in October. Maynor was sentenced to a five-year prison term in November 2013 for second-degree robbery and inflicting great bodily injury, a California Department of Corrections spokesperson said. 'We had an astute watch commander in Hollywood that started to put two and two together and reached out to Beverly Hills,' Deputy Chief Chow said during a Thursday press conference. He had apparently accidentally shot himself in the foot during an attempted burglary, police said. In Hollywood Hills, cops discovered Maynor in the backyard of a home, suffering from a gunshot wound to his foot. She was found gravely injured and rushed to a hospital where she died.Ī review of area surveillance footage showed what is believed to be the suspect's vehicle speeding east out of Beverly Hills, investigators say.Īt around 3.30am, officers responded to a second report of a shooting in the 6000 block of Graciosa Drive in the Hollywood Hills, about seven miles east of the Beverly Hills murder. Officers first responder to the Avant home invasion in the upscale Trousdale Estates section of Beverly Hills after a 911 call at 2.23am on Wednesday. Maynor is set to be booked once he is medically cleared, police said. Police say Maynor is currently their only suspect and his motive for in the murder remains under investigation. New footage shows Maynor handcuffed to wheelchair with his bloody foot on display as he is being taken into custody by police. He remains in LAPD custody at a Los Angeles hospital In September, Maynor was released on parole after serving a four-year prison sentence for second-degree robbery with enhancements for a prior felony.
The murder suspect has an extensive criminal history, including convictions for assault, robbery and grand theft.
Police say evidence suggests that Maynard shot himself with same AR-15 rifle used in the murder of Avant, the wife of legendary music executive Clarence Avant, and that the two crimes are further tied together by surveillance footage of his vehicle. Maynor has been in custody since early Wednesday but was only announced as the murder suspect on Thursday afternoon. The career criminal suspected of killing Jaqueline Avant in a Beverly Hills home invasion was arrested just an hour after the murder, when he shot himself in the foot during a separate burglary in Hollywood Hills, police have revealed.Īariel Maynor, 29, faces charges in Avant's murder early on Wednesday after an 'astute watch commander' in Hollywood connected the dots between the two home invasions, LAPD Deputy Chief Blake Chow said. Published: 14:17 BST, 2 December 2021 | Updated: 03:16 BST, 3 December 2021Īariel Maynor, 29, faces charges in Jaqueline Avant's murder early on Wednesday after shooting himself in the foot Jacqueline's husband, legendary music producer Clarence Avant, 90, was home but was not injuredīy Gina Martinez For Dailymail.Com and Keith Griffith For.He was released on parole in September after serving four years on his second robbery conviction.Maynor has an extensive criminal history including robbery and inflicting great bodily injury.Investigators connected the dots between the crimes by tracking the suspect's car on surveillance footage.Police believe he fled Beverly Hills murder scene and tried to rob a Hollywood Hills home an hour later.Maynor was taken into custody at scene of a second home invasion where he shot himself in the foot.
Career criminal Aariel Maynor, 29, was arrested in murder of 81-year-old Jacqueline Avant early Wednesday.REVEALED: Career criminal accused of killing Clarence Avant's wife, 81, in Beverly Hills home invasion was arrested after shooting himself in the foot in ANOTHER robbery an hour later
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