Erik Titov
This is a peculiar story that is beginning to interest me. Here is everything written on this I can find, starting with our original ZDD thread:Can't Wait for the Movie Version
Story in today's Chronicle about some fecal specimen stealing batteries and shooting a policeman. If he'd lived, his best hope would be life in Huntsville, but notice how he checked out, surprised we don't see more of this:
"HPD: Shooting suspect found dead, may have tripped
By MIKE GLENN
"A man accused of shooting an off-duty Houston police officer was found dead Sunday in a thick grove of woods near the westside apartment complex where the officer was wounded, authorities said.
"The gunman, identified by police as Eric Titov, 22, apparently shot himself in the head following a violent confrontation about midnight with HPD officer Victor Hill at the Reserve by the Lake Apartments, 18600 South Park View, police said.
"It was unclear Sunday whether Titov committed suicide or shot himself accidentally.
"Looks like his shorts fell down to his thighs; he may have actually tripped," HPD homicide Capt. Steve Jett said. "And, trying to catch himself with his hands, wound up pulling the trigger as he was falling."
-Officer Hill deserves our thanks for stopping this vermin, and our prayers for his speedy recovery.
posted by judge chief charly hoarse @ 9:34 AM 5 comments links to this post
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Chupacabra Report
News that gets my goat:
crystal pistol said...
Does anyone know if Eric will have a funeral service?
10:02 AM
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liquiddaddy said...
Ms. Pistol,
Welcome!
I passed your question on to the reporter, Mr. Glen, but I have not heard back as of the date of this.
Sorry,
LD
1:08 PM
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crystal pistol said...
Thank you so much, and please if you do hear of anything tell me. I knew Eric personally.. And well, it would mean the world to me to be able to visit his gravesite. Thanks again.
10:18 PM
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judge chief charly hoarse said...
Thank you for the compassion check. Titov's mother was interviewed the next day and she said that they were praying for everybody. I like the sound of that better than my name calling.
3:26 AM
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Maria said...
I knew Eric, when he live at Uktaine (sorry for my bad english). Please, crystal pistol, can i tolking with you about Eric?
11:20 PM
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Oct. 30, 2007
A man suspected of shooting a Houston police officer while he was being arrested was found dead in a field Sunday, KPRC Local 2 reported.
Police said Officer Victor Hill, who was not in uniform, arrested Eric Titov, 22, on suspicion of breaking into cars at the complex in the 18600 block of South Park View Drive near West Park View Drive at about 12:30 a.m.
Investigators said Titov, who was handcuffed, pulled out a gun and shot Hill in the chest. Hill called for backup and was taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital in critical condition.
Titov ran from the scene, detectives said. He was found dead in a field on Barker Cypress Road near Saums Road on Sunday afternoon. Police have not said how he died. Titov had several credit cards and driver's licenses that did not belong to him, detectives said. Hill has been with the Houston Police Department for 14 years.
-wwwprivateofficercom/
FRIENDS OF SUSPECT SAYS HE WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS!
Houston police say a young Russian national shot himself to death after shooting an officer while handcuffed.
FOX 26 News has learned from the Houston Police Department that Eric Titov shot and killed himself after shooting Officer Victor Hill.
Hill, who has served fourteen years in the HPD, was in the intensive care unit at Memorial Hermann Hospital Sunday after getting shot by Titov who hid a pistol in his waistband, officials said.
Hill was shot late Saturday night shortly after arresting Titov.
The Russian national was suspected of burglarizing cars in the Reserve Near Barker Cypress apartment complex. Hill handcuffed 22-year-old Titov behind his back, as per department policy, officials said.
That's when Titov "produced a pistol from his back waistband and fired upward," HPD spokeswoman Johanna Abad said for a story posted online by a Houston newspaper.
The shooting touched off a manhunt involving police helicopters and canine units, Abad said. The suspect had remained at large much of Sunday afternoon until the body of Titov was found in a nearby wooded area at approximately 1 p.m.
Friends of Titov told HPD officers that Titov was under the influence of drugs when the shootings took place.
MORE INFO @ www.myfoxhouston.com
Posted by ISIAH CAREY at 5:50 AM
5 comments:
crystal pistol said...
Does anyone know if Eric will have a funeral service?
11:37 AM
Anonymous said...
Does it matter?
9:56 PM
crystal pistol said...
Yes it does matter. I think everyone is a person, and I knew Eric personally.. Infact, I knew him pretty well. Not saying I agree with his actions but I would like to have a 'final goodbye'.
12:03 AM
robert said...
whoever crystal pistol is, can you please contact me.
9:36 PM
Anonymous said...
I'm sure his final goodbye was "ouch!" Good riddance!
12:16 AM
I had a nice chat with Mr. Glenn and we agreed on two things; first, Erik was buried by his family. His mom lives in Houston, and no doubt made the final arrangements. Second, any further inquiries on the case should be directed to HPD, since Mr. Glenn has not heard anything further on the case.
Maria from Ukraine, I left word with Ms. Pistol on her exclusive site, and would further both of you anything on this, except that I have no contact information.
Personally, this story reminds me of the reports of amazing prisoner aquabatics while in HPD custody in the 70's. With a couple of twists. Imagine me, the accepting public, all I have to do is believe that in the night in question, the perp was breaking into cars on Barker across from the park. It is very dark out there with plenty of places to hide. The perp was high on drugs, people, and skulking around the parked cars BY HIMSELF (according to the dead witness) with a firearm secured in the elastic waistband of his jogging pants. When confronted and restrained with handcuffs by the deceased, the perp somehow manages (after he has already submitted to restraint- and not before) to grasp the weapon, turn around, bend over, and shoot the deceased in the chest. AND THEN flees on foot across Barker, into the soccer field, and either: 1. commits suicide; or 2. trips and shoots himself accidentally. No accomplice, apparently.
Sure. Why not?
Labels: Erik Titov
posted by liquiddaddy @ 8:29 AM
3 Comments:
This is a friend of mine you are commenting about, and to defend his life and who he was, he is not who the media has made him out to be. he was a sweet guy and had a beautiful heart. he did not trip, he sagged his pants.. anyone who knew him knew that and if you want to investigate anything... investigate the surgery he had in russia before his return to the states where he then became so different.
He was torn up inside because earlier that day, his girlfriend broke up with him. His girlfriend happens to be my best friend, and rest in peace, she passed away less than a year later.
Maybe have more respect for the dead, or hell, even humanity that is.
I am not justifying Eric's behavior, he was not in his right state of mind.
But how could someone so easily dismiss an entire life, and create one out to be a monster with one mistake.
Obviously he has a heart, he knew he fucked up, and he brought justice on himself.
He thought he killed that policeman, so he took his own life to call it even.
Turns out, the police officer was spared.
and if there ever is a movie made about Titov, I pray someone defends his character more so than the media has.
I mean, come on, he was a dancer.
It's so easy for someone to say anything when the media grabs a hold of it, but really... where's your heart?
You weren't there to comfort his parents at his funeral. You didn't see his mother's tears. You don't know what photo rested above his casket to show Eric as we all remembered him. You don't know about the history of the shirt that he wore in the photo and how it made a room full of people laugh.
You didn't smell the frankincense or hear the songs when we gathered to remember him.
And you aren't still around to remember the anniversary of his death.
I see what you are saying, but that was my father.
And it's been almost three years since the day that I almost lost him.
I am sorry to hear that that was your father, but I want to remind you, you still have him. He is alive and well and around you right now. You did not lose him. Almost is not Finite. And I wonder... just out of curiosity, because I almost lost my father too, has this not made you and your family closer? maybe a blessing in disguise, maybe you all appreciate each other more?
Perhaps you could find it in your heart to pray for Eric's family, parents who had to put to rest their son. And Lindsey's family, who had to put to rest their daughter. Just a thought.
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