NOW HURTING.
>> I’M GOING TO MOVE ON TO MR.
PATRICK HEX.
>> PATRICK HICKS WAS AT THE TOP
OF HIS GAME AND RISING.
>> MR. HICKS IS FUN TO WORK
WITH.
>> SOBER FOR OVER A YEAR
A STEADY JOB, WITH A NEW
PROMOTION.
THURSDAY HE AND A DOZEN PEOPLE
GRADUATED FROM DRUG COURT.
>> >> HE HAS WORKED.
SO HARD IN THIS PROGRAM.
>> I’D LIKE TO THANK GOD FIRST
AND I’D LIKE TO THANK THE
STAFF.
>> HIS VIDEO GRADUATION TOOK
PLACE IN HIS CAR, WHICH HE
LOVED.
>> EVERYBODY KEEP YOUR HEAD UP
BECAUSE WE GOT ANOTHER JOURNEY
WE STILL NEED TO GO THROUGH NOW.
>> THAT NIGHT AROUND 8:00
SOMEONE SHOT INSIDE HIS CAR,
P.M., KILLING HICKS.
OFFICERS ARRIVED AT THE GAS
STATION NEAR 4600 PROSPECT.
>> IT’S A TREMENDOUS LOSS AND
IT’S HARD TO SEE IT.
>> IT’S ESPECIALLY TRAGIC THAT
THEY FOUND HIM IN HIS CAR,
BECAUSE HE WORKED REALLY HARD TO
GET HIS LICENSE.
>> TODAY IS ABOUT YOU.
>> MAYOR QUINTON LUCAS SPOKE AT
HIS GRADUATION, WANTING THE
GROUP TO KNOW THEY’RE LOVED AND
CELEBRATED.
>> THAT’S THE TYPE OF MAN WE
NEED IN KANSAS CITY.
AND THAT’S THE TYPE OF MAN WHERE
WE WILL NEVER KNOW THE AMOUNT OF
IMPACT THAT THE LOSS OF HIS LIFE
HAS, BECAUSE IT’S NOT JUST HIS
FAMILY NOW.
IT IS SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HE
COULD HAVE TOUCHED.
>> HICKS WAS A MENTOR IN THE
MUNICIPAL COURT REHAB PROGRAM.
IT MADE THE WORLD OF DIFFERENCE
FOR HIM, AND HE WANTED THAT FOR
OTHERS.
HE’LL BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS
ABILITY TO PUSH THROUGH
ADVERSITY.
>> HE WAS MAKING BIG STRIDES. 2
>> TONIGHT PEOPLE ASK FOR
JUSTICE.
>> I HOPE IT CAN BE SOLVED AND
THAT WHOEVER
