Wendell Hicks served in the U.S. Air Force.
Patrolman Wendell Hicks was shot and killed while attempting to arrest two men who were committing a robbery in the parking lot of a bowling alley. He was off duty and leaving the bowling alley when he encountered the robbery. He identified himself and started to approach them, prompting one of them to flee in the victim's car. Patrolman Hicks chased the car in his personal vehicle until it crashed on 69th Street. He then chased the suspect into an alley between Michigan Avenue and Indiana Avenue where he was shot. Both assailants were apprehended and convicted of murder. Patrolman Hicks was a U.S. Air Force veteran and had served with the Chicago Police Department for 14 years. He had been shot and wounded in the line of duty once before, in 1968.
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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.
Patrolman Hicks gave the Chicago Police Department 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the Chicago 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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