Coroner's Report Offers New Insights on Chasen Killing
While the veteran movie publicist was stopped at a light at Sunset Boulevard and Whittier Drive, someone reportedly fired approximately four rounds into her car.
A three-page coroner's report on the slaying of longtime Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen includes new details about her death, according to Fox 11 and wire reports.
The Los Angeles County Department of Coroner report confirmed much of what has previously been reported in the media, but offered new details on what happened when Chasen, 64, was gunned down while driving in the early hours of Nov. 16.
The following are quotes from the report as cited by Fox 11 (Chasen is the woman being referred to):
- While she was stopped at a red light at the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Whittier Drive . . . unknown vehicle pulled up and someone fired approximately four rounds into the vehicle.
- 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.
- She was transported to the hospital and pronounced dead at 0112 hours.
- There were three apparent gunshot wounds to the right breast/chest area . . . 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.
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 that no shell casings were recovered, according to Fox 11.
Coroner's Investigator Jerry McKibben said Assistant Chief Deputy Coroner Ed Winter stated that his department has not released any documents ''on paper'' from the Chasen death investigation, according to wire reports.