Actor-director and political activist Rob Reiner and his wife were found dead in their Los Angeles home on Sunday, and police are investigating the circumstances as an apparent homicide, authorities said.
While police declined to publicly identify the two people found deceased, Mayor Karen Bass and California Governor Gavin Newsom each released statements confirming that Reiner, 78, and his wife, Michele, 68, had died.
"This is a devastating loss for our city and our country. Rob Reiner's contributions reverberate throughout American culture and society, and he has improved countless lives through his creative work and advocacy fighting for social and economic justice," the mayor wrote.
The Los Angeles Police Department issued a statement on social media calling the case an "apparent homicide." Police had not detained anyone for questioning nor identified a suspect as of Sunday night, Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton told a press conference.
The filmmaking legend and his wife, Michele, got married in 1989 and have three children together, Jake, Nick, and Romy.
Multiple media organizations, including people.com reported that Rob Reiner is responsible for the deaths of his parents.
The publication cited multiple sources close to the family.
However, police have not yet confirmed the account.
Many people were outraged at how Nick's name was mentioned as a suspect when the police have not arrested him.
For those unaware, the basis for suspicion lies not only in media reports citing anonymous family members, Nick is also being viewed with suspicion due to his past drug addiction which he talked about in an interview.
In a 2016 interview with PEOPLE, Nick spoke about his years-long struggle with drug addiction, which began in his early teens and eventually left him living on the streets.
He said he cycled in and out of rehab beginning around age 15, but as his addiction escalated, he drifted farther from home and spent significant stretches homeless in multiple states.
Nick said that the chaotic period of addiction including nights and sometimes weeks sleeping outside, later became the basis for the semi-autobiographical film Being Charlie, which he co-wrote.
“Now, I’ve been home for a really long time, and I’ve sort of gotten acclimated back to being in L.A. and being around my family," Nick said at the time.
