Ruffalo Brother's Death Ruled a Homicide
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So much for Russian roulette.
The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office has ruled the death of Mark Ruffalo's 39-year-old brother, Scott, a homicide.
"The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office has provided a preliminary result of the Ruffalo shooting ruling it a homicide," says Lt. Tony Lee of the BHPD. "The Beverly Hills Police Department will continue to investigate as such. Further details will be provided when they become available."
Ruffalo died in the hospital Dec. 8, a week after being discovered in his Beverly Hills apartment with a gunshot wound to the head. Coroner's spokesman Craig Harvey said Wednesday that their investigation has determined that someone else shot him.
Police arrested a suspect, 26-year-old Shaha Mishaal Adha, on Dec. 9, but she was released and cleared of playing a role in Scott's death less than two days after turning herself in for question.
Adha's attorney, Ronald Richards, made the media rounds soon after, describing the incident as a case of Russian roulette gone awry. Scott Ruffalo was a habitual drug user, Richards said, and was "under the use of controlled substances" the night he was mortally wounded.
No other suspects have been named publicly.
According to TMZ.com, a 29-year-old man was also arrested an booked on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with the crime a day after Scott was hospitalized, but he was released less than three days later without being charged.
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