{"id":13306,"date":"2026-06-05T06:18:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T03:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/akter-dzhejms-hendi-izvestnyj-po-filmu-top-gan-neordinarnyj-geroj-stal-podozrevaemym-v-ubijstve-posle-chego-pozvonil-v-911-i-priznalsya-v-sodeyannom\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T12:11:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T09:11:47","slug":"actor-james-hendi-known-for-his-role-in-the-film-top-gun-became-a-suspect-in-a-murder-after-which-he-called-911-and-confessed-to-the-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/akter-dzhejms-hendi-izvestnyj-po-filmu-top-gan-neordinarnyj-geroj-stal-podozrevaemym-v-ubijstve-posle-chego-pozvonil-v-911-i-priznalsya-v-sodeyannom\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor James Handy, known for his role in the film &quot;Top Gun: An Unconventional Hero,&quot; became a murder suspect before calling 911 and confessing to the crime."},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p> Actor James Handy, <em>known for the film &quot;Top Gun: Maverick&quot;,<\/em> was found unconscious with a stab wound to the chest in the yard of his Los Angeles home.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p> The suspect, 44-year-old Michael Gledhill, is the son of Handy&#039;s girlfriend and is being held on $2 million bail.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p> Police arrived at the scene after the suspect allegedly called 911 and confessed to the murder.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> Actor James Handy, <em>known for the film &quot;Top Gun: Maverick&quot;,<\/em> was fatally stabbed and the suspect called 911 to confess.<\/p>\n<p> Handy, 81, was killed in Tarzana, California, on Wednesday, June 3, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) announced in a Thursday, June 4, press release obtained by PEOPLE. The suspect was identified as Handy&#039;s girlfriend&#039;s son, Michael Gledhill.<\/p>\n<p> According to a dispatch audio recording obtained by PEOPLE, police arrived at the scene at Handy&#039;s home after a man called 911 reporting an &quot;unknown problem.&quot; The man told dispatchers, &quot;I&#039;m the son of man, I just killed the man of sin.&quot;.<\/p>\n<p> Law enforcement officers then found Handy unconscious in his yard, suffering from a stab wound to the chest. Handy was transported to a local hospital by Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics, where he was pronounced dead. <\/p>\n<p> James Handy in Top Gun: Maverick (Photo: Paramount)<\/p>\n<p> According to an audio recording of the conversation, the streets near Handy&#039;s home were blocked off by law enforcement officers. Authorities were also instructed to begin door-to-door canvassing the area and &quot;report who is answering the door and who is not,&quot; the recording states.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>Want to stay up to date with the latest crime news? Subscribe to<\/strong> <strong>PEOPLE&#039;s free newsletter about crime<\/strong> <strong>news to get the latest news, information on ongoing trials, and details of interesting unsolved cases.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Gledhill, 44, was arrested and taken to the Van Nuys jail. He is charged with one count of murder, and his bail is set at $2 million, according to jail records obtained by PEOPLE.<\/p>\n<p> Born in New York City, Handy has played supporting roles in dozens of major blockbusters and television shows. His extensive list of credits includes <em>\u00abJumanji\u00bb<\/em> , <em>\u00abArachnophobia\u00bb<\/em> , <em>\u00ab&quot;Invulnerable<\/em> \u00bb, <em>\u00abLogan\u00bb<\/em> , <em>\u00abNYPD Blue\u00bb<\/em> , <em>\u00abRizzoli &amp; Isles\u00bb<\/em> , \u00ab <em>Nickname<\/em> \u00bb, <em>\u00abNCIS Los Angeles\u00bb<\/em> \u0438 <em>\u00abCriminal Minds\u00bb<\/em> . His last appearance on screen was in <em>in the film &quot;Top Gun: Maverick&quot;\u00ab<\/em> in 2023.<\/p>\n<p> Anyone with information is asked to contact Los Angeles Police Department Robbery-Homicide detectives at 818-374-9550. Anonymous tips can be submitted through Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS.<\/p>\n<p> Read the original article on People.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Actor James Handy, known for his role in the film &quot;Top Gun: Maverick,&quot; was found unconscious with a stab wound to the chest in the yard of his home in\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-selebriti","hvn-theme-has-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156850,"href":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13306\/revisions\/156850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}