Psychiatrist who aided Ramsey probe killed

PHOENIX (AP) — A forensic psychiatrist who assisted in the investigations into the 1996 death of JonBenet Ramsey in Colorado and a string of killings in Phoenix more than a decade ago was fatally shot outside his Arizona office.

Witnesses heard a loud argument and gunfire Thursday outside Dr. Steven Pitt’s office in the Phoenix suburb of Scottsdale.

Phoenix police Sgt. Vince Lewis says he had no information on whether the killing was connected to the 59-year-old Pitt’s work. Investigators released a sketch of the suspect who fled the scene.

Pitt assisted in the investigation into the death of six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey, a beauty pageant star who was found dead at her family’s home in Boulder. A prosecutor cleared her parents and brother in 2008 based on DNA evidence.

A decade later, Pitt helped Phoenix police as they tried to catch an attacker known as the “Baseline Killer,” who terrorized the city in summer 2006.

Police eventually arrested Mark Goudeau, and he was convicted of nine killings and 58 other charges, including kidnapping and rape. A jury sentenced Goudeau to death in 2011.

Detective fatally shoots child porn suspect

DUNDEE, Fla. — Authorities say a Florida detective fatally shot a suspect who was attacking another detective.

A Polk County Sheriff’s Office news release says the shooting occurred Friday morning at a Dundee home.

Officials say two computer crimes detectives were responding to a tip that Andres Estrada, 21, had downloaded child pornography. The detectives reported finding child porn on Estrada’s phone.

One detective walked into another room to call his supervisor, and authorities say Estrada attacked the other detective.

Estrada reportedly ignored commands to get off the much smaller, female detective, so her partner fired several times, killing Estrada.The female detective was treated for injuries at a nearby hospital.

Canadian senior busted with pot in hockey bags

BUFFALO — Authorities say a 77-year-old man has been arrested for trying to smuggle marijuana across the Canada-U.S. border in hockey bags in the trunk of his car. Authorities found 104 pounds (47 kilos) of marijuana.