Top Gun: Maverick Actor James Handy Murdered

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James Handy Killed: 'Top Gun: Maverick' Actor Stabbed To Death, Say Police

James Handy, the actor who appeared in 'Top Gun: Maverick' (2022), 'Jumanji' (1995) and 'Arachnophobia' (1990), has died. He was 81.

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• Top Gun: Maverick actor James Handy was found unconscious with a stab wound in his chest in the front yard of his home in Los Angeles
• The suspect, Michael Gledhill, 44, is the son of Handy's girlfriend and is being held on $2 million bail
• Police responded after the suspect allegedly called 911 and confessed to the killing

Top Gun: Maverick actor James Handy was fatally stabbed and the suspect called 911 to confess.

Handy, 81, was killed in Tarzana, Calif., on Wednesday, June 3, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) said in a Thursday, June 4, news release obtained by PEOPLE. Handy's girlfriend's son, Michael Gledhill, was identified as the suspect.

Police responded to the scene at Handy's home after a person called 911, reporting "unknown trouble," according to the dispatch audio obtained by PEOPLE. The person told the dispatchers, "I am the son of man, I just killed the man of sin."

Authorities then discovered Handy suffering from a stab wound in his chest and unconscious in his front yard. Handy was transported to a local hospital by Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.

“I am the son of man, I just killed the man of sin,” the 911 caller told the dispatcher.

The suspect, 44-year-old Michael Gledhill, flagged down responding officers and told them he was the one they were looking for. LAPD reported that Gledhill and his mother resided with the actor and that she was Handy’s girlfriend.

Gledhill was arrested and booked on suspicion of murder, with his bail set at $2 million.

Born in New York City, Handy made his onscreen debut in two 1977 episodes of ABC’s sudser Ryan’s Hope, going on to appear on ABC Afterschool Specials, Cagney & Lacey, Matlock, Quantum Leap, Wings, Murder She Wrote, LA Law, NYPD Blue, Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place, The X-Files, Walker Texas Ranger, Law & Order, ER, Criminal Minds, 9-1-1 and more.

Handy also starred in movies like The Verdict (1982), K-9 (1989), Arachnophobia (1990), The Rocketeer (1991), Point of No Return (1993), Jumanji (1995), Unbreakable (2000), Logan (2017) and Top Gun: Maverick

 

[Bally]

I wonder what the motive was for stabbing an 81 year old, Must be more to this.

I'll watch this space.

Bally

 

[David64]

From that statement he made, I'd say mental issues and/or drugs.

 

[Bally]

From that statement he made, I'd say mental issues and/or drugs.

Yeah, maybe Mr Handy said, "no more."

Bally