New video shows Nick Reiner moments before being arrested for parents’ murders

December 17, 2025 by Nadia

“Nick was freaking everyone out, acting crazy, kept asking people if they were famous,” one source shared with TMZ.

What happened after that is not known with certainty. What is known, however, is that Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner were found on Sunday, December 14, inside their home in Brentwood, California. According to The Mirror, authorities described the scene as a “horror double murder.”

Law enforcement sources told TMZ that the couple had been dead for several hours by the time they were discovered by their daughter Romy Reiner Sunday afternoon, with rigor mortis already setting in.

Nick was arrested that same day and booked into jail on suspicion of murder.

He was due to make his first court appearance on December 16, but his attorney said he was not taken to the courthouse from the jail for medical reasons.

Calmly purchased a drink

At the same time, a new surveillance video has surfaced in the media, showing Nick Reiner calmly purchasing a drink at a gas station just moments before his arrest in connection with the alleged murders of his parents.

Nick appeared unnervingly composed as he waited to purchase a canned beverage inside the convenience store late Sunday night. Footage obtained by ABC7 shows him dressed in jeans, a striped jacket, a baseball cap, and a red backpack as he reached into his pockets, pulled out his wallet, and paid the clerk without hesitation.

The video was recorded shortly before Reiner surrendered to police on a Los Angeles street roughly 15 miles from the Brentwood home where authorities say Rob and Michele Reiner were found dead.

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