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.
The couple’s son Nick was booked into the Los Angeles County jail on suspicion of murder, hours after the Hollywood legend and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead.
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.”
The filmmaking legend and his wife, Michele, got married in 1989 and have three children together, Jake, Nick, and Romy.
Nick was seen with suspicion due to his past drug addiction and ongoing issues with his father.
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.