Family member questioned after Rob Reiner and his wife found dead in Los Angeles, AP source says

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and MIKE BALSAMO LOS ANGELES Investigators were questioning a family member of director-actor Rob Reiner Rob Reiner and his wife Michele after they were ascertained dead at their home in Los Angeles according to a law enforcement official briefed on the research Investigators believe they suffered stab wounds revealed the official who could not publicly discuss details of the inquiry and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Los Angeles Police had not identified a suspect Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton the chief of detectives explained at a briefing on Sunday night We are going to try to speak to every family member that we can to get to the facts of this analysis Hamilton declared The Los Angeles Fire Department explained it responded to a biological aid request shortly after p m and located a -year-old man and -year-old woman dead inside Reiner turned in March Detectives with the Robbery Homicide Division were inspecting an apparent homicide at Reiner s home commented Capt Mike Bland with the Los Angeles Police Department Los Angeles leadership have not verified the identities of the people discovered dead at the residence in the upscale Brentwood neighborhood on the city s west side that s home to multiple celebrities Reiner was long one of the the majority prolific directors in Hollywood and his work included particular of the bulk memorable movies of the s and s including This is Spinal Tap A Limited Good Men When Harry Met Sally and The Princess Bride His role as Meathead in Norman Lear s s TV classic All in the Family as a liberal foil to O Connor s Archie Bunker catapulted him to fame and won him two Emmy Awards Relatives of Lear the legendary producer who died in declared the deaths left them bereft Norman often referred to Rob as a son and their close relationship was extraordinary to us and the world stated a Lear family report Norman would have craved to remind us that Rob and Michele spent every breath trying to make this country a better place and they pursued that through their art their activism their philanthropy and their love for family and friends Messages to Reiner s representatives were not right away returned Sunday night Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass called it a devastating loss for the city Rob Reiner s contributions reverberate throughout American custom and society and he has improved countless lives through his creative work and advocacy fighting for social and economic justice Bass reported in a announcement An acclaimed actor director producer writer and engaged political activist he inevitably used his gifts in amenity of others The son of comedy legend Carl Reiner Rob Reiner was married to photographer Michele Singer Reiner since The two met while he was directing When Harry Met Sally and have three children together Reiner was previously married to actor-director Penny Marshall from to He adopted her daughter Tracy Reiner Carl Reiner died in at age and Marshall died in Killings are rare in the Brentwood neighborhood The scene is about a mile from the home where O J Simpson s wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman were killed in Balsamo shared from Washington Associated Press Entertainment Writer Andrew Dalton in Los Angeles contributed Related Articles In the current era in History December Bridge collapses into Ohio River killing people Rob Reiner and his wife ascertained dead in Los Angeles home AP source says A Brown University pupil survived being shot in high school Then came the evolving shooter alerts Wisconsin man detained in connection with deadly shooting at Brown University What to know about the US military s role in Syria after deadly IS attack