Police: Man Who Killed Himself May Not Be Connected to Publicist Slaying

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Fox News:

Los Angeles police admitted Friday that the man who killed himself after being approached in relation to the death of Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen may not have been involved in her shooting, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Beverly Hills Police Department spokesman Lt. Tony Lee said Harold Martin Smith was a "person of interest" but was not a suspect.

"At this time, it is unknown if this individual was involved in the Chasen homicide," Lee said.

He said undercover officers had been led to Smith after a tipoff from a member of the public was provided to the TV show "America's Most Wanted."

The 43-year-old ex-con fatally shot himself in an apartment late Wednesday as Beverly Hills police were serving a search warrant.

It was unknown if Smith knew why police wanted to speak to him, but he had an outstanding warrant for his arrest for an unrelated misdemeanor charge.

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This has been one of the most bizarre stories lately. We've been following it somewhat on the Coffee Shop. Weird.

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This poor guy may have done something that he thought they found out about and offed himself in order not to go back to prison :blink:and had nothing to do with the murder at all!!!!!!