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8 December 2010
Last updated at 19:54 ET
The gun a man used to commit suicide as police tried to talk to him about the murder of Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen appears to have been the one used in her killing, police have said.
Harold Martin Smith shot and killed himself when Los Angeles police went to interview him at a hotel last week.
Ms Chasen was shot in the chest multiple times while driving her car in Beverly Hills last month.
Smith was described by police as a "person of interest" in the inquiry.
Police approached Smith after being tipped off by a viewer of the US television show America's Most Wanted.
Ms Chasen, 64, had just attended the premiere of the Cher movie Burlesque, which she had been promoting.
The attack shocked Hollywood, where Ms Chasen was a revered figure. She promoted the Oscar-winning film "Driving Miss Daisy" and other major movies and stars since the 1970s.
Smith had been convicted twice of burglary and was most recently released in 2007 following a sentence for robbery.
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Harold Martin Smith shot and killed himself when Los Angeles police went to interview him at a hotel last week.
Ms Chasen was shot in the chest multiple times while driving her car in Beverly Hills last month.
Smith was described by police as a "person of interest" in the inquiry.
Police approached Smith after being tipped off by a viewer of the US television show America's Most Wanted.
Ms Chasen, 64, had just attended the premiere of the Cher movie Burlesque, which she had been promoting.
The attack shocked Hollywood, where Ms Chasen was a revered figure. She promoted the Oscar-winning film "Driving Miss Daisy" and other major movies and stars since the 1970s.
Smith had been convicted twice of burglary and was most recently released in 2007 following a sentence for robbery.
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