{"id":1306,"date":"2026-06-05T18:09:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=1306"},"modified":"2026-06-05T18:09:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:09:04","slug":"exclusive-james-handys-girlfriend-breaks-silence-after-her-son-allegedly-killed-top-gun-star-and-says-i-love-james-and-i-love-my-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=1306","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive | James Handy’s girlfriend breaks silence after her son allegedly killed ‘Top Gun’ star and says ‘I love James and I love my son’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The girlfriend of \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d star James Handy, whose son is accused of fatally stabbing the veteran actor, was overcome with grief as she spoke about her son\u2019s alleged actions.<\/p>\n

Read more New \u201960 Minutes\u2019 chief vows editorial independence, says Stahl, Whitaker and Wertheim are key to future<\/a><\/p>\n

Michael Gledhill, 44, is accused of stabbing Handy several times in the chest \u2014 the 81-year-old actor was found unconscious and bleeding out in the front yard of a home in Tarzana Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

Wendy Gledhill, Handy\u2019s girlfriend and Michael\u2019s mother, spoke exclusively with The California Post outside her home Friday morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just trying to make it through one day at a time, a minute at a time,\u201d 76-year-old Wendy said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI loved James and my son. I still can\u2019t believe it\u2026.I can\u2019t believe my son did it. I\u2019m just trying to \u2026,\u201d she added before stepping inside.<\/p>\n

Gledhill\u2019s neighbors described Michael as sometimes acting bizarre and paranoid.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe looked really rugged \u2026 he looks like he doesn\u2019t really change his clothes,\u201d neighbor Joheina Quibol told The Post. She also described a bizarre interaction her father once had with Michael when he allegedly came over and asked her father about cameras they had inside the home. Quibol described Michael as being \u201cparanoid.\u201d She also thought he may have struggled with mental health issues.<\/p>\n

Authorities responded to a home on the 19200 block of Erwin Street in Tarzana on Wednesday morning after a caller reportedly told dispatchers, \u201cI am the son of man, I just killed the man of sin.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Kyle Busch\u2019s wife Samantha breaks silence after husband\u2019s stunning death at 41<\/a><\/p>\n

After he was discovered unconscious in the yard, Handy was rushed to a local hospital where he was declared dead, according to police.<\/p>\n

Michael waved officers down as they approached the home, letting them know he was the suspect, cops said. He was arrested for murder and is currently being held with a $2,000,000 bond.<\/p>\n

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Handy\u2019s acting career spanned more than five decades, beginning in the 1970s, his last role was as bartender Jimmy in \u201cTop Gun: Maverick.\u201d<\/p>\n

He was also known for portraying an exterminator in the 1995 hit \u201cJumanji,\u201d which starred Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt, Kirsten Dunst and Jonathan Hyde.<\/p>\n

Over the course of his career, Handy amassed nearly 150 screen credits, appearing in a wide range of television series, including The West Wing, 9-1-1, NCIS: Los Angeles, CSI: NY, The Young and the Restless, Castle, Criminal Minds, Cold Case, Without a Trace, ER, The X-Files and Mulaney.<\/em><\/p>\n

Authorities have not yet disclosed what may have sparked Wednesday morning\u2019s deadly attack.<\/p>\n

Read more Veteran \u201960 Minutes\u2019 anchors say they\u2019re staying \u2018for now\u2019 \u2014 even as they rip Bari Weiss \u2018dictatorship\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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