Samuel Steele Hicks
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Special Agent

Samuel Steele Hicks

Felonious
End of Watch November 19, 2008
Age 33
Tour of Duty 3 yrs 6 mo
Gender Male

Incident

Location: Pennsylvania Weapon: Handgun; .38 caliber Offender: Sentenced to 15 years

Special Agent Samuel Hicks was shot and killed while serving a narcotics search warrant at a home in Indiana Township, Pennsylvania.

As Agent Hicks and other agents took the male subject into custody, the man's wife fired a shot blindly from the bedroom, fatally wounding Agent Hicks.

In January 2011 the female subject pled guilty to manslaughter and weapons charges and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Agent Hicks had served with the FBI for 18 months and had previously served with the Baltimore, Maryland, Police Department for two years.

He is survived by his wife and 2-year-old son.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and 2-year-old son.

In Our Keeping

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Special Agent Hicks gave the United States Department of Justice 3 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent Hicks.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usdjfbifed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 19, 2008
Tour of Duty 3 yrs 6 mo
Age 33
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun; .38 caliber

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Samuel is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2008, 65 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 113th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Samuel was 33. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Samuel had served 3.5 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

November holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Wednesdays: 12.9%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was handgun; .38 caliber, in 0.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation has 89 officers remembered here, Samuel among them.

Across the years

Special Agent Samuel Steele Hicks

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation · End of Watch November 19, 2008

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 63-E

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