Jacqueline Avant murder suspect arrested in Beverly Hills slaying - Fox News

A parolee with a long criminal history has been arrested in the killing of Jacqueline Avant, a local philanthropist and wife of legendary music executive Clarence Avant, in the couple's Beverly Hills, California, home during a burglary, authorities said Thursday. .

The suspect was identified by the Beverly Hills Police Department as 29-year-old Aariel Maynor of Los Angeles. .

"This is one of the most protected and patrolled cities in the world," Beverly Hills Police Chief Stainbrook told reporters. "Crime will not be tolerated here.".

Jacqueline Avant and Clarence Avant appear at the 11th Annual AAFCA Awards in Los Angeles on Jan.

She was fatally shot early Wednesday in Beverly Hills, Calif. .

A security guard was present at the home at the time of the shooting, police said. .

Surveillance and city cameras captured Maynor traveling east from Beverly Hills after shooting Avant, the chief said.

About an hour after Avant was shot, Los Angeles police officers in the department's Hollywood Division responded to a shooting and found Maynard in a backyard with the gunshot wound to the foot

Crime scene photos of a broken window at the home of Clarence Avant wife's murder Dec

"Somewhere in the night we had an astute watch commander at Hollywood (Division) that started to put two-and-two together and reached out to Beverly Hills … and we started communicating, and there were some similarities," LAPD Deputy Chief Blake Chow said. 

A police officer walks down Maytor Place in the Trousdale Estates section of Beverly Hills, Calif., Wednesday, Dec

Jacqueline Avant, the wife of music legend Clarence Avant, was fatally shot in the neighborhood early Wednesday