Sgt Jon
06-03-2008, 08:06
(Arizona)
Tucson police officer dies day after gunman's shooting spree
by David L. Teibel - Jun. 2, 2008 02:14 PM
Tucson Citizen
Tucson police Officer Erik Hite died Monday after being shot in the head Sunday, according to a Tucson Police Department spokeswoman.
Hite, 43, died at University Medical Center at 12:53 p.m., said Lt. Claudette Gross, who was notified of the death shortly after 1 p.m.
Police spokesman Sgt. Mark Robinson says Hite had been on a ventilator initially at University Medical Center but was breathing on his own at the time he died.
He was surrounded by his family, including his wife, a son who is in the military and his parents, who had arrived from Portland, Ore.
Police earlier said Hite was shot several times in what police Chief Richard Miranda called "an ambush."
Bail of $2.5 million was set for David Nickolas Delich, who early Monday - before Hite's death - was accused of attempted murder, aggravated assault on law enforcers and discharging firearms at a structure in a crosstown shooting rampage that wounded a Tucson police officer and two sheriff's deputies.
Officer Hite had sustained several gunshot wounds, one to the head, which proved fatal.
The deputies, Eric Cervantez and Tory Schwartz, were discharged from University Medical Center Sunday, said UMC spokeswoman Janet Stark.
Tucson police officer dies day after gunman's shooting spree
by David L. Teibel - Jun. 2, 2008 02:14 PM
Tucson Citizen
Tucson police Officer Erik Hite died Monday after being shot in the head Sunday, according to a Tucson Police Department spokeswoman.
Hite, 43, died at University Medical Center at 12:53 p.m., said Lt. Claudette Gross, who was notified of the death shortly after 1 p.m.
Police spokesman Sgt. Mark Robinson says Hite had been on a ventilator initially at University Medical Center but was breathing on his own at the time he died.
He was surrounded by his family, including his wife, a son who is in the military and his parents, who had arrived from Portland, Ore.
Police earlier said Hite was shot several times in what police Chief Richard Miranda called "an ambush."
Bail of $2.5 million was set for David Nickolas Delich, who early Monday - before Hite's death - was accused of attempted murder, aggravated assault on law enforcers and discharging firearms at a structure in a crosstown shooting rampage that wounded a Tucson police officer and two sheriff's deputies.
Officer Hite had sustained several gunshot wounds, one to the head, which proved fatal.
The deputies, Eric Cervantez and Tory Schwartz, were discharged from University Medical Center Sunday, said UMC spokeswoman Janet Stark.