Jayden Hicks

Jayden Hunter Hicks, 19, a White male from Salisbury, North Carolina, died on June 21, 2025. In the early morning hours, deputies were called to the 100 block of Hutchins Way after a young man phoned 911 and said he had shot his friend. Responding officers found Jayden Hunter Hicks with a gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators later said the two teens had been in a bedroom listening to music when a rifle—believed by the shooter to be unloaded—was picked up, pointed ...

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