Investigation Shows Odd Evidence In Publicist’s Murder
A three-page coroner’s report on the shooting death of longtime movie publicist Ronni Chasen includes new details about the killing, according to a broadcast report Wednesday night.
Whoever shot her may have been using a 9 mm handgun loaded at least in part with hollow-point ammunition, according to the report cited by Fox 11.
The report quoted tonight by Fox 11 repeats and confirms much of what has been reported so far, but is the first time a detailed Department of Coroner’s perspective on the case has been cited publicly.
The report includes the following quotations, according to Fox 11. “While she was stopped at a red light at the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Whittier Drive,'” an “unknown vehicle pulled up and someone fired approximately four rounds into the vehicle,” Fox 11 quoted the report.
“After being struck by gunfire, she then made a left turn and drove for approximately a quarter-mile before she crashed her car into a pole.'”
The report includes a Beverly Hills detective stating that only the right-side passenger seat and windows of Chasen’s Mercedes-Benz sedan were damaged by gunfire, according to Fox 11.
The report states no shell casings were recovered, according to Fox 11
“She was transported to the hospital and pronounced dead at 0112 hours,” Fox 11 quotes the report. Chasen died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Beverly Hills police stated previously.
The report then details Chasen’s gunshot injuries, according to Fox 11.
“There were three apparent gunshot wounds to the right breast/chest area,” the report states. “There were two apparent gunshot wounds to the right shoulder. . . . There was an apparent gunshot wound to the right upper back and left upper back. . . . One bullet was recovered from her back while at the hospital and is possibly a 9 mm hollow point.”
Coroner’s Investigator Jerry McKibben tonight said Assistant Chief Deputy Coroner Ed Winter stated his department has not released any documents “on paper” from the Chasen death investigation.
Chasen, 64, was shot five times in the chest near Sunset Boulevard and Whittier Drive about 12:30 a.m. Nov. 16, according to previous Beverly Hills police accounts.
