A Pacific Beach man who is suspected of killing his roommate and then trying to commit suicide afterwards has won a court order for a psychiatrist to examine him in jail for what could be a mental illness defense. Ian Alex Suazo, 21, has pleaded not guilty to the Sept. 24 murder of Ocie Raines. Raines died from a knife wound to his throat. The morning of the killing, a neighbor reported to police he heard sounds of a struggle and shouts around 2:30 a.m. coming from Suazo’s apartment. Police responded to a report of someone finding the dead man around 5 a.m. in the apartment in the 800 block of Agate Street in Pacific Beach. Suazo was hit by a car hours later at the intersection of Chalcedony Street and Mission Boulevard, in what police say was an attempted suicide. He was transported to the hospital for serious trauma injuries. Suazo’s attorney got a court order allowing a psychiatrist to examine Suazo in jail, according to court records. Suazo could later plead not guilty by reason of insanity when psychiatric reports are filed. His attorney could not be reached for comment. Suazo’s father spoke out after his son’s arrest, saying his son was mentally ill and suicidal in the days before his roommate’s death. News reports after his arrest stated that Suazo had lost his job as a bartender at a Pacific Beach bar four days before his roommate was killed. Suazo was arraigned in his hospital bed two days later, but now is in custody in the downtown central jail on $1 million bail. On Oct. 7, San Diego Superior Court Judge Fred Maguire set a preliminary hearing for Jan. 13. If Suazo is convicted of first-degree murder, he faces 25 years to life in prison. If a judge or jury finds him not guilty by reason of insanity, he could be committed to a state mental hospital for life.