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The Beverly Hills PD now says it believes Ronni Chasen's murder was a random act of violence -- a robbery gone bad -- committed by a man on a bicycle.

Do the guns match? According to the LA Times, ballistics report results say the gun that killed Ronni Chasen on Nov. 16 matches the one "person of interest” Harold Martin Smith fatally used on himself on Dec. 1 The Beverly Hills Police Department has scheduled a press conference on their investigation into the killing of Ronni Chasen at 3 p.m. PST. “The Press Conference,” said the BHPD, “is to provide an update on the Ronnie Chasen Murder.”

The gun recovered from a man who commited suicide at a Hollywood apartment appears to be the same one that killed veteran Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen, according to a law enforcement source. The Beverly Hills Police Department has called 3 p.m. news conference to discuss the case, though no details were provided.

The person of interest in the murder of Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen, who fatally shot himself in an apartment late Wednesday as Beverly Hills as police were serving a search warrant, was identified in a report Thursday. The Beverly Hills Courier identified the man as Harold Smith, citing a law enforcement source. Residents at the apartment complex previously identified him as Harold.

New details emerged in the slaying of Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen, but police detectives still have no motive or suspects in the Tuesday morning shooting attack. Detectives now believe Chasen was killed in a car-to-car shooting, with the assailant firing into the passenger-side window of her Mercedes coupe.

Educated opinion is increasing that last Tuesday's murder of Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen may have been a targeted hit as reported by Hollie McKay for Fox News: "some evidence is starting to suggest that Chasen's murder was a premeditated, professional drive-by shooting and not a random act of violence as initially speculated, experts said." No one is yet willing to use the "m" word although one person stated: "Hollywood is a very vicious place now, it is not how it used to be. The mob has always been here, but this place has really changed. You have to really watch...

Ronni Chasen slaying: Suspect shoots himself as police serve search warrant December 1, 2010 | 7:23 pm A man believed to be connected to the slaying of veteran Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen fatally shot himself at a Hollywood hotel Wednesday evening as Beverly Hills police were serving a search warrant there, sources told The Times. The name of the man was not released, and his exact connection to the Chasen murder case was not immediately known. The shooting occurred after 6 p.m., according to two law enforcement sources who spoke on the condition that they not be named. The two...

Investigators still have no motive, witnesses or suspects in the slaying of a powerhouse Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen but details in an initial coroner's report reveal that the shooter appears to be an expert marksman. Chasen, 64, who represented A-list movie stars and promoted some of Hollywood's top films, was driving home Nov. 16 after attending the premiere party for the movie "Burlesque" when she was gunned down. According to the preliminary coroner's report, which is now under security hold, "there were three apparent gunshot wounds to the right side breast/chest area.

Police are searching for the suspect who shot a well-known Hollywood publicist five times before she crashed her Mercedes-Benz in a Beverly Hills neighborhood and died.