Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Michael Latt, a film marketing consultant who worked closely with Ryan Coogler and Common on a series of social justice campaigns, was shot and killed at his home on Monday night, the LAPD has confirmed.
Latt, 33, was the founder and CEO of Lead With Love, a social impact marketing agency. In addition to Coogler and Common, he worked with Ava DuVernay, Barry Jenkins, and studios like Warner Bros.
and Netflix on events and political initiatives that married art and activism. According to the LAPD, he was shot in the 900 block of Alandele Avenue around 6 p.m.
on Monday. He was taken by paramedics to a nearby hospital, where he died. Police arrested Jameelah Elena Michl, 36, who lived in her car.
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