Police: Porn actor charged with murder in sword attack may be barricaded in Los Angeles house

Porn actor sought may be barricaded in LA house

LOS ANGELES — A SWAT team surrounded a Los Angeles house Saturday where investigators believed a porn actor suspected of killing a colleague with a prop sword is holed up.

A barricade was set up around the home in the West Hills neighborhood about 9:30 a.m., LAPD Officer April Harding said.

Officers established contact with a man inside. They believe he is Stephen Clancy Hill, who faces one charge of murder and five counts of attempted murder in the sword attack Tuesday at a DVD production center. One person died and two others were injured.

Harding said the man inside matches Hill’s description.

Hill, 34, whose professional name is Steve Driver, fled in an SUV. A warrant was issued for his arrest.

The charges were filed Friday after Eric Jover, who runs the Ultima DVD production house, offered a $2,000 reward on the company’s website for information leading to the arrest of Hill.

Hill went on the rampage after being told he was being fired and would have to move out of the production facility where he had been living, authorities said.

The small company is located in the San Fernando Valley, known in the adult film industry as Porn Valley for its large number of porn businesses.

Ultima produces niche films featuring fetishes and sexual domination of men.

Hill was convicted of second-degree assault and a handgun charge in March 1999 in Maryland, according to court records.