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It was the same gun - and now police believe it was the same man. Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen was murdered in a random shooting by a robber riding a bicycle, Beverly Hills police revealed this afternoon. Detectives believe ex-convict Harold Smith was acting alone when he tried to hold up Miss Chasen after she pulled Random act of violence: Harold Smith, right, was said to be riding by on his bicycle in Beverly Hills late at night when he spotted Ronni Chasen in her Mercedes and attempted to rob her - but ended up shooting her dead Smith was...

NEWPORT NEWS A 62-year-old store owner shot and injured a man during an attempted robbery, police said. At about 11 p.m. Friday, two masked men entered White’s Grocery in the 3300 block of Chestnut Ave., and as one suspect held a shotgun on the store owner and a male employee, the second suspect came around the counter, a police news release said. As he walked around the counter, the store owner reached for his gun and shot the second man. The injured man, Barry Lee Hooker, 26, was taken to the hospital, where he remains in the intensive care unit,...