Nick Reiner expressed an interest in buying a gun before allegedly murdering his parents, Rob and Michele. As Perezcious readers know, according to their death certificates, the director and his wife were killed with a knife in their Brentwood, California home on December 14. (c) Michele Reiner/Instagram But according to sources close to the ongoing investigation who spoke with Rob Shuter for his Substack on Monday, Nick had allegedly entertained the idea of getting a firearm before the killings.