Rapper Macklemore's family is speaking out after a harrowing home invasion that traumatized his children and left their nanny battered and bruised. Suspect Christopher Miller told the police, however, that he intended to rob a hotel and didn't realize the 34-year-old Kelly Canfield was not at home during the June 7 early morning attack, AP reported.
Shortly before 1 a.m., two men wearing masks and tactical vests slipped through an unlocked patio door of the Capitol Hill home, Seattle police said. One of the assailants blasted the children's nanny in the face with bear mace while the other snarled, "Where are the jewels, b####?" before ransacking the home and fleeing with high-end shoes, watches, and jewelry.
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The nanny was physically attacked, forced to the ground, and had her phone stolen. In a courageous act of desperation, she bit one of her attackers, freed herself, and made her escape through a bathroom window. Doorbell camera footage captured her running to neighbors for help while the intruders rampaged inside.
Macklemore's children, Sloane, Colette, and Hugo, were not physically harmed but were present while the whole thing went down. Both have now been put in the care of their relatives.
As of Tuesday, June 10, no arrests had been made. The Seattle Police Department's Robbery and Latent Prints Units are actively investigating.
However, as the perpetrators remain unknown, Macklemore's family suspects something more sinister could be at play with the break-in. They suspect the attack may be related to the artist's public stance against the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, a stand that has made international news in recent months.
And in March, Macklemore gave an impassioned speech at a pro-Palestinian rally in Washington, D.C., saying, "I believe that it is our duty to our brothers and our sisters around the world to bravely say: 'This is not O.K., and we will not support it, you have every right to live in peace and to thrive in peace.'… I believe it is our moral obligation to adamantly protest the atrocities that we are seeing today and give money to fanaticism." He also uploaded a video to Instagram on Thursday slamming U.S. foreign policy and urging an "immediate stop to the war in Gaza."
The controversy over his statement has led to a debate on the internet. Some have extolled him for using his platform as a voice for the voiceless, while others say he is spreading false information and stirring up division.
Now, in the aftermath of the trauma, his family is questioning whether his activism has made them a target. For many of her fans and fellow artists, the thought is sobering: Can speaking out really come at this kind of price? And so, as investigators piece together what happened, This was no ordinary burglary. And for Macklemore's loved ones, the physical and psychological scars will take time to recuperate.
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