00:00All right, more breaking news to get to.
00:01We just learned the victim of a deadly stabbing was an elderly actor with a long list of credits.
00:07We also know the identity of the suspect and his relationship to the victim.
00:10The stabbing happened yesterday at a home in Tarzana.
00:13Eyewitness News reporter Neku Kuzori is there live with the breaking story.
00:17Neku.
00:18Yeah, David and Colleen, an 81-year-old actor is dead and a Tarzana man is behind bars
00:23following a deadly stabbing yesterday morning.
00:26Now, LAPD was called to the home on Irwin Street Wednesday morning after a 911 call.
00:32Investigators say the caller claimed he had killed a man.
00:35Eyewitness News has learned the victim was 81-year-old actor James Handy.
00:39He played in movies like Jumanji, Top Gun, and arachnophobia.
00:43When officers arrived, they found him unconscious and suffering from a stab wound to the chest
00:48outside of the home.
00:49He was taken to the hospital, where he later died.
00:52Police say the suspect flagged down police and told them he was the person they were looking for.
00:5744-year-old Michael Gledhill of Tarzana was arrested on suspicion of murder
01:02and booked into Van Nuys Jail on $2 million bail.
01:06He lives at the residence with his mother, who we have also learned was the victim's girlfriend.
01:11And detectives say this does appear to be an isolated incident.
01:15If anyone has any information, they are urged to reach out to LAPD's homicide unit.
01:21Live in Tarzana, Niku Kazori, ABC7 Eyewitness News.
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