Mark Ruffalo's Brother's Death Ruled A Homicide

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office on Wednesday ruled the death of Mark Ruffalo's younger brother a homicide.

Coroner's spokesman Craig Harvey says an autopsy determined that someone shot 39-year-old Scott M. Ruffalo in the head. He was found with a gunshot wound early Dec. 1 and died a week later at a hospital after being released from life support.

Beverly Hills police arrested Shaha Mishaal Adham, 26, before Ruffalo died on an attempted murder warrant. They later released her and she has not been charged.

Adham's attorney, Ronald Richards, who said after her release that Scott Ruffalo shot himself, disputed the coroner's determination Wednesday night.

"The only two eye witnesses to the shooting saw the same thing, a gunshot wound to the left side of the head, while one of them saw him pull the trigger," Richards wrote in an e-mail. "They saw the gun in his left hand after the shot was fired."

He said no gun residue had been found on Adham's clothes and that police had not requested another meeting with her.

Police do not have any suspects in custody and had not been notified of the coroner's determination by Wednesday evening, Sgt. Michael Publicker said. He said the agency had no further statements on the case.

Police have not released a motive for the shooting.

Scott Ruffalo's family released a statement after his death thanking supporters and saying the funeral would be private.

Mark Ruffalo, 41, has appeared in films such as "You Can Count on Me," "Zodiac," "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and this year's "Blindness."

Comments

[HARVIN]

So which is it, suicide or murder?

[PuddinPie]

This man must have had a first name!!!! Stop calling him Mark Ruffalo's brother! It's insulting and diminishing.

[NoSillyName]

Huh? What happened to the Russian Roulette theory?

[drock973]

I would hate to diminish the death of anybody but why is this story getting so much attention here. It's been on the front page for days and I still don't know why I should care about the murder of some guy I've never even heard of's brother.

[reasonlives]

You never heard of Mark Ruffalo? You must not watch movies. He's a good actor, and quite well known.
That stated, Im not that interested in this story either, especially the back and forth changing account every day.

[HeevenSteven]

I have yet to see a headline about this that isn't accompanied by a pic of Mark Raffalo, and that doesn't lead with "Mark Raffalo's Brother".

Can't this poor guy get his own 15 minutes, even if for only a Darwin award?

[MarkEbner59]

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Mark Ebner
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[regularmess]

I got edited about my comment when whole Russian Roulette came out saying I hope they the gun was a revolver. BECAUSE, if it's not a revolver, then it was a murder b.c you can't f'in play russian roulette with 99% of pistols out there b.c they're 10-shot semi-automatics. And b.c Beverly Hills cops probably see a gun every 6 months, just wanted to point out that a revolver was something to look for.

[HeevenSteven]

Thanks for the chuckle! Yeah, good advice to high stakes gamblers: Never play roulette with an automatic.