Mark Anthony Hicks

The Washington Post's Fatal Force database records Mark Anthony Hicks in a fatal on-duty police shooting on 2016-12-07 in Fayetteville, NC. Individual circumstances and legal outcome require case-specific review.

What happened

Mark Anthony Hicks, 31, was killed by Fayetteville, North Carolina police on December 7, 2016, after officers responded to a domestic-violence emergency on Bedrock Drive. A child escaped through a window and called 911 to report that his mother's boyfriend had stabbed her; authorities identified the woman as Amanda Williams, 37. Police Chief Anthony Kelly said officers entered and found Hicks standing over Williams, who was lying on the floor with fatal injuries. Officers repeatedly ordered Hicks to drop a knife, attempted to use a Taser and tried to handcuff him. The chief said Hicks lunged toward officers with the knife, at which point they fired their guns. Police said Hicks had also called 911 to report a killing inside the home. The chief reviewed body-camera material and described it as graphic. Three officers were placed on administrative leave, and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation opened an independent shooting investigation. These encounter details were given by police and were not a trial finding.

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