Reality TV Director Shot Dead in His Home; Directed `America's Next Top Model’ and `A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila’

A Reality TV director was shot dead at his home. One person is dead and one was left wounded in the shooting in Glassell Park, Calif.

According to police, a home invasion shooting in Glassell Park left reality TV director James Marcus Howe, 42, who worked on "America's Next Top Model" and "A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila," a dead and his wife wounded. The shooting happened the morning before Thanksgiving. Police say the shooting appears to be a random act of violence. Howe died at the scene. His wife was rushed to the hospital, seriously wounded. She survived.

The reality TV director was shot dead within minutes after he and his wife answered the door to his home in the 4400 block of West Avenue 42. According to media reports, the couple thought they were answering the knock of a lone salesman.

According to police, after Howe opened the front door, another man and a woman forced their way into the house. One of the men pulled out a gun after an altercation. Investigators say bullets flew just inside the doorway. Howe's 6-year-old son was also in the house.

Los Angeles police Deputy Chief Jose Perez said the shooting appeared to be random and there is no obvious motive. Perez said "The victims were completely innocent. There is nothing to connect them with the assailant."

LAPD Deputy Chief Perez said that witnesses described the suspects as two black males and a black female. According to police, the man who pretended to be a door-to-door salesmanr was described as being between 16 and 22 years old. The gunman was described as being between 20 and 25 years old. There has been no estimated age given on the female suspect.

According to media reports, James Marcus Howe and his wife began have been renting the home for several months. The Glassell Park neighborhood has had 21 violent crimes and 167 property crimes in the last six months.

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