Police: Man arrested in Jacqueline Avant case

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — A 29-year-old antheral has been arrested successful transportation with the fatal shooting of Jacqueline Avant, a philanthropist and the woman of legendary euphony enforcement Clarence Avant, killed astatine their location successful Beverly Hills, California.

The Beverly Hills Police Department announced the apprehension connected Thursday afternoon.

Police were called to the Avants’ location aboriginal Wednesday aft a 2:23 a.m. telephone reporting a shooting. Officers recovered Jacqueline Avant, 81, with a gunshot wound. She was taken to the infirmary but did not survive.

Jacqueline Avant was a longtime section philanthropist who led organizations that helped low-income neighborhoods including Watts and South Los Angeles, and was connected the committee of directors of the International Student Center astatine the University of California, Los Angeles.

The Avants’ daughter, Nicole Avant, is simply a movie shaper and erstwhile U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas and is joined to Netflix co-CEO and Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos.

Tributes to Jacqueline Avant poured successful Wednesday from crossed the country. She was remembered by erstwhile President Bill Clinton, hoops icon Earvin “Magic” Johnson, euphony prima Quincy Jones and Rep. Karen Bass (D-California).

TMZ archetypal reported Jacqueline Avant’s death.