Howard Kenton Hicks served in the U.S. Marine Corps.
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.
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In tribute
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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