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Los Angeles — Actor Robert Blake returned home Sunday from a brief hospital stay while police searched for the gunman who killed his wife as she sat in their car.

Blake, 67, who had left his wife in the car while he went back to a restaurant to pick up his own handgun, entered the hospital Saturday to be treated for high blood pressure, attorney Harland Braun said.

"He's doing fine and has it under control," Braun said.

Blake's wife, identified by the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office as Bonny Lee Bakley, 45, was shot late Friday as she sat in a car near an Italian restaurant that Blake frequented in Studio City. Braun referred to her as Leebonny Bakley and gave her age as 44. The results of the autopsy on Bakley were expected to be released today.

Police refused to comment Sunday on the progress of the investigation but previously said Blake wasn't considered a suspect.

Police searched Blake's house on Saturday and recovered two 9 mm handguns and seized phone records and other paperwork, Braun said. Police had interviewed Blake twice � once for about three hours immediately after the shooting and again for an hour on Saturday, Braun added.

Bakley was shot once in the head while her husband returned to the restaurant to retrieve a handgun he had left behind. Blake had been carrying the gun because his wife feared for her life, Braun said. It was unclear who or what she was afraid of, he added.

Bakley had been on probation after being convicted in her home state of Arkansas of carrying a fake ID. Braun said the couple had signed a prenuptial agreement before their marriage earlier this year that stated Bakley couldn't engage in any criminal activity.

They married after DNA tests confirmed that her 11-month-old daughter, Rose Lenore Sophia, was fathered by Blake. The girl was originally named Christian Shannon Brando because Blake believed the father was Christian Brando, the son of actor Marlon Brando.

Although Bakley lived in a unit behind Blake's home, the marriage was improving, Braun said. "It wasn't your normal love," he said. "They had a common interest in the child."

The baby was placed in the care of Blake's relatives.

Blake began his acting career at age 5, appearing in MGM's "Our Gang" series. He is best known for his Emmy-winning role as detective Tony Baretta in television's 1970s "Baretta."