Clayton Wayne Hicks Jr.

Memphis Police Department — Memphis, TN

Veteran → Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch November 14, 2000

Age 26

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military 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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Tributes

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 (1993â1997) before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman Clayton Wayne Hicks Jr. is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In TN, 498 of 769 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 64.8% of this state's fallen. That is 64.8 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Memphis Police Department, 53 of 94 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 56.4% of this agency's fallen.

Memphis Police Department

of 94 officers

56.4% Felonious

TN — Statewide

498

of 769 officers

64.8% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious