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Clayton Wayne Hicks Jr.
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Patrolman

Clayton Wayne Hicks Jr.

Memphis Police Department — Memphis, TN
Veteran → Felonious
United States flag Tennessee flag
End of Watch November 14, 2000
Age 26
Tour of Duty 3 yrs
The Vigil Panel 328 · Column 4 · Line 13 ›
Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Military Also Remembered Department 93

Incident

Patrolman Scooby Hicks was shot and killed while off duty after being recognized as a police officer at 2692 Fizer Road.

He was attending a party at a friend's house when another partygoer recognized him as the police officer who had almost arrested her for a domestic violence charge several weeks earlier. The woman's boyfriend then started arguing with Patrolman Hicks, pulled out a handgun, and shot him. Patrolman Hicks was armed but was not able to return fire.

Patrolman Hicks' murderer was found guilty of reckless homicide and sentenced to only 42 months in prison.

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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Patrolman Hicks gave the Memphis Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Memphis community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Memphis Police Department
Type Police Department
Location Memphis, Shelby County, TN
Platform Identity mpd.shelby.tn.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 14, 2000
Tour of Duty 3 yrs
Age 26
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Military Service

Clayton Wayne Hicks Jr. served in the U.S. Air Force (1993–1997) before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Clayton is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2000, 71 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 100th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Clayton was 26. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Clayton had served 3 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

November holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

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By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause.

Every cause
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His people

Memphis Police Department has 94 officers remembered here, Clayton among them.

Across the years
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Where

Patrolman Clayton Wayne Hicks Jr.

Memphis Police Department · End of Watch November 14, 2000

Military Service

Clayton Wayne Hicks Jr. served in the U.S. Air Force (1993–1997) before joining law enforcement.

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