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Nehemiah Pickens

Case from Houston, TX dated Jul 05, 2005

Victim Details

Reserve Nehemiah Pickens

Male

Houston

TX

2005-07-05

33

Nehemiah

Pickens

07/09/2026

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Reserve Deputy Constable Nehemiah Pickens, aged 33, was tragically shot and killed on July 5, 2005, in Houston, Texas. He was working a second job as a plainclothes security guard at the Dyersdale Village Apartments when he observed a suspect fleeing from a vehicle and began to pursue him. Unfortunately, one of the Harris County Sheriff's Office deputies mistook Pickens for the armed suspect and ordered him to drop his weapon. When Pickens did not comply, the deputy fired four shots, striking hi ...
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