Crime and Punishment

Ronni Chasen Murder Suspect Kills Self

The Ronni Chasen murder case gets weirder and weirder (and sadder and sadder)

At around 6 p.m. Wednesday night, LAPD officers responded to shots fired in the 5600 block of Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood. When the LAPD officers arrived at the Harvey Apartments, they found a man dead of apparent self-inflict gunshot wounds. The man turned out to be a suspect—or more officially, a “person of interest”— in the murder of well-known Hollywood publicist, Chasen.

CNN reports that BHPD officers were in the lobby of the building as part of a follow-up investigation, when the suspect returned. As police attempted to talk to him, he reportedly pulled out a handgun and shot himself.

Both the LA Times and the Hollywood Reporter have interviewed neighbors thus have more on the story.

2 Comments

  • that’s crazy, additionally crazy is that her apt was broken into shortly after her death. the plot thickens…

  • I listened to Peter Tilden’s KABC early a.m. show the other day (don’t ask why) and he kept playing and playing, over and over, a literally 4-word bit from a song sung by her niece, the one who got only $10 bucks from the estate, to go away…

    Whether it was “she was shot by a gun,” “he shooot Rooon,” “goes with the light,” any other interpretation… no once could say for sure. ANYONE KNOW what the song says?

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