Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff James Reddicks was shot and killed from ambush by a subject whom he had just ejected from a motion picture show in Saratoga.
Deputy Reddicks, who was working in a cafe he owned in Saratoga, was sent for by the man operating the motion picture show because a man at the show was creating a disturbance. Deputy Reddicks went to the location and told the man to go home. The man responded that he was going to get his father's shotgun and return with it.
Deputy Reddicks returned to his cafe and was sitting behind the counter when the man returned and fired two blasts from the shotgun through a window, striking him with both shots.
The man fled but turned himself in the following day. He was charged with murder but the charges were dismissed two years later.
Deputy Reddicks was survived by several adult children.
Survivors
Deputy Reddicks was survived by several adult children.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Reddicks served with the Hardin County Sheriff's Department.
Thank you for your service to the Kountze community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Reddicks.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff James Duncan Reddicks 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 Hardin County Sheriff's Dept., 2 of 3 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 66.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. James Duncan Reddicks's cause is highlighted.
How James Duncan Reddicks Compares
Offender Outcome
Charges dismissed
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. James Duncan Reddicks is highlighted in Jun.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. James Duncan Reddicks was killed by shotgun; 12 gauge.
Incident Location
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