Update (June 13, 7:47am PST): Unedited aerial video of funeral procession from Phoenix TV helicopter (azfamily.com)
Update (June 12, 9:25am PST): This is a link to The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. entry for TPD Officer Erik David Hite. In addition to the main page, the “Reflections” page is a worthy read.
Update (June 10, [...]
Remembering Officer Erik Hite
by Mark Horner on 10. Jun, 2008 in Erik Hite, KOLD, KVOA, Mark Horner, News, Nick Delich, Officer Erik Hite, Officer involved shootings, Sabino, Tucson, ambushed, cop, cops, fallen officers, firearms, funerals, guns, law enforcement, memorial services, murder, police shootings, rifles, true crime, video, weapons
Live Web coverage planned for slain officer's memorial service
by Mark Horner on 09. Jun, 2008 in 7 virgins, David Nickolas Delich, Erik Hite, KGUN, KOLD, KVOA, News, Nick Delich, Officer Erik Hite, Officer involved shootings, Sabino, Tucson, Tucson Police Department, ambushed, cop, cop killer, cops, fallen officers, firearms, funerals, law enforcement, memorial services, murder, myspace, police shootings, rifles, television, true crime, weapons
update (June 10): Remembering Officer Erik Hite (*video*)
update: KVOA reports its live coverage will begin at 9:30am Tuesday.
A memorial service honoring the life of Tucson Police Officer Erik Hite will be streamed live on the Internet. KVOA-TV (NBC) and KOLD-TV (CBS) both report that they will provide live coverage on their respective Web [...]
What are those weapons featured on Delich's myspace page?
by Mark Horner on 05. Jun, 2008 in Bulgarian, Bulgarian rifles, David Nickolas Delich, Erik Hite, News, Nick Delich, Officer Erik Hite, Officer involved shootings, Polish, Polish rifles, Sabino, Tucson, ambushed, cop, cop killer, cops, fallen officers, firearms, guns, law enforcement, murder, police shootings, reporting, rifles, true crime, weapons
Update (June 12): Alleged shooter’s father writes to victims (Arizona Daily Star)
Update (June 12): Delich documents say searches turned up guns, ammo, pot (Arizona Daily Star)
Update (June 10): Remembering Officer Erik Hite (*videos*)
Update (June 6): Witnesses say killer laughed as he fired (Arizona Daily Star)
A man accused of killing an officer and wounding [...]
Does murder suspect's myspace page lend insight into shooting spree?
by Mark Horner on 03. Jun, 2008 in Beyond 90 Seconds, David Nickolas Delich, Erik Hite, Horner, Mark Horner, News, Nick Delich, Officer Erik Hite, Officer involved shootings, Sabino, Tucson, Tucson Citizen, Tucson Police Department, ambushed, bella donna, belladonna, cop, cop killer, cops, fallen officers, guns, hallucinate, hallucinogenic, law enforcement, murder, myspace, police shootings, porn, porn star, reporting, toxic, true crime, video, weapons
Update (June 10): Remembering Officer Erik Hite (videos)
Update (June 6): Witnesses say killer laughed as he fired (Arizona Daily Star)
Delich told detectives his MySpace screen name was “Bogoljub.” His last log-in was the day of the shooting, and the pictures of him in camouflage with guns appeared to have been taken that day as [...]
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A Tucson family allowed me to witness its struggle with meth. The mother (remarried) shared that she'd allowed her ex-husband to move into her home in an effort to keep their son off of meth. I wrote, edited & reported this story. I also used a simple, consumer miniDV camera to shoot the night video and interviews conducted inside home. Daytime video shot by another photog.
