In the winter of 2017, the life of 38-year-old Orkinus Hicks, a male resident of Monroe, Louisiana, was cut short by an act of violence. On the evening of January 12th, Hicks was fatally wounded by gunfire. The incident prompted an investigation by the Monroe Police Department, who treated the case as a homicide.
In the weeks that followed, law enforcement officials worked to piece together the events that led to Hicks's death.
Their efforts appeared to yield a significant lead, as evidenced by reports in early February of that year. On February 3, 2017, it was announced that the Monroe Police Department was actively searching for a suspect in connection with the January homicide.
Despite this initial progress in identifying a person of interest, publicly available information regarding the ongoing investigation has since been limited. Details about the suspect's identity have not been widely circulated in subsequent reports, and it remains unclear whether an arrest was ever made in the case. The narrative of Orkinus Hicks's untimely death, therefore, concludes with an open-ended investigation, leaving questions about the ultimate resolution of the search for a suspect and the pursuit of justice in his name.
