The woman accused of firing an assault style rifle at Rihanna’s Los Angeles home has been indicted on 14 felony counts, including attempted murder. Ivanna Lisette Ortiz, 36, of Orlando, Florida, pleaded not guilty Wednesday, Sept. 30, after a judge unsealed the grand jury indictment. She is being held on $2.6 million bail and faces up to life in prison if convicted.

Prosecutors say Ortiz drove up to the singer’s Beverly Crest home on March 8 and fired about 20 rounds at the property. At the time, Rihanna, A$AP Rocky, their three young children, Rihanna’s mother and several staff members were there. No one was hurt. The indictment was unsealed one day after a different judge found Ortiz mentally competent to stand trial.

Most coverage stopped at the charges. The detail that changes how this case reads is who walked into that grand jury room, and when.

What happened at Rihanna’s home on March 8?

Prosecutors and police say Ortiz pulled up in a white Tesla in the early afternoon, pointed the rifle out the window and opened fire toward the property and a neighboring home. Bullets hit the front gate, a wooden fence, a patio and an exterior wall. They also tore into the Airstream trailer parked out front, where Rihanna and Rocky were inside.

One shot struck the outside wall of the home’s second floor nursery. Their three children, all under 5, were inside with their nanny. According to a police report, Rihanna pulled Rocky out of bed, told him they were under fire and got them both down on the ground.

A police helicopter tracked the car, and officers arrested Ortiz a few miles away in Sherman Oaks. District Attorney Nathan Hochman said it was pure luck, not any restraint, that no one was killed.

What charges does Ivanna Ortiz face now?

The indictment charges Ortiz with one count of attempted murder and 10 counts of assault with an assault weapon. It also includes three counts of shooting at an occupied home or vehicle, covering both the house and the Airstream.

The assault counts are tougher than the original charges filed in March. A firearms expert concluded the rifle qualified as an assault weapon under the law. The indictment replaces those original charges entirely.

Deputy District Attorney Alexander Bott said outside court that prosecutors believe Ortiz set out to kill Rihanna, with everyone else around her treated as collateral damage. Her next court date is a pretrial hearing in late October.

Who is the woman accused in the Rihanna shooting?

Public records show Ortiz has been a licensed speech pathologist for more than a decade, and she had no prior criminal record. Prosecutors have not named a motive or described any connection between her and Rihanna. After her arrest, investigators say, she told them she was not trying to kill anyone.

The case spent months in mental health court while Ortiz underwent psychiatric evaluations. At times it looked stalled, possibly for good. With the competency ruling, it is now on a fast track to trial.

Why does this case hit so close for Black families?

Rihanna is a Barbados-born, nine-time Grammy winner and one of the most successful Black women in business. None of that stopped bullets from hitting the wall of her children’s nursery.

The image of a mother getting her family to the floor while gunfire hits her home is one too many Black families know from their own neighborhoods. Fame bought Rihanna gates. It did not buy her distance.

Has Rihanna testified about the shooting?

She has, and almost nobody knew. A witness list attached to the indictment shows Rihanna testified before the grand jury while the proceedings were still secret. Her mother, Monica Fenty, testified too.

The grand jury returned its indictment on June 18, and it stayed sealed for more than three months while the competency question played out. By taking the case to a grand jury, prosecutors skipped the preliminary hearing, where evidence is normally laid out in open court.

So while the public watched the case seem to stall, Rihanna had already sat before jurors and told them what she lived through that afternoon. The world was waiting to hear from her. She had already spoken, just not to us.