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Incident
Officer Howard Hicks succumbed to gunshot wounds received four years earlier when he stopped a man for DUI. He was off duty when he observed the suspected DUI driver South Central Expressway and Overton Road. When the man stopped in a parking lot, in the 3200 block of Southern Oaks Boulevard, Officer Hicks approached him, showed his badge, and told the man he was under arrest. The man pulled out a gun and shot Officer Hicks in the neck, causing paralysis. Officer Hicks remained a quadriplegic until his death four years later. Officer Hicks was able to identify the shooter, and he was sentenced to 25 years for assault to murder a police officer. Officer Hicks was a U.S Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Dallas Police Department for one year.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife.
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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.
Officer Hicks gave the Dallas Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Dallas community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Howard Kenton Hicks served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Officer Howard Kenton Hicks is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In TX, 1,463 of 2,421 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.4% of this state's fallen. That is 6.2 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.
At Dallas Police Department, 55 of 95 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 57.9% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Howard Kenton Hicks's cause is highlighted.
How Howard Kenton Hicks Compares
Offender Outcome
Sentenced to 25 years
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Howard Kenton Hicks is highlighted in Jun.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Howard Kenton Hicks was killed by gun; unknown type.
Incident Location
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