 On the evening of May 27 , 1998 , Brynn Hartman visited the Italian restaurant <unk> di <unk> in Encino , California , with producer and writer Christine Zander , who said she was " in a good frame of mind . " After returning to the couple 's nearby home , Brynn started a " heated " argument with her husband , who threatened to leave her if she started using drugs again , after which he then went to bed . While Hartman slept , Brynn entered his bedroom sometime before 3 : 00 a.m. local time on May 28 with a .38 caliber handgun and fatally shot him twice in the head once in his side . She was intoxicated and had recently taken cocaine . 
