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Paul Hicks Jr.

Case from Birmingham, AL dated Jul 20, 2015

Victim Details

Paul Hicks, Jr.

Male

Black / African American

Birmingham

AL

2015-07-20

31

Paul

Hicks Jr.

07/13/2026

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Paul Andrew Hicks Jr., 31, a Black man from Birmingham, was found dead before dawn on July 20, 2015, in a van near a residence in the 1300 block of 47th Street in Ensley. The scene carried the kind of confusion that follows sudden violence: police were called around 3:25 a.m., but investigators quickly came to believe that the shooting itself had not happened where his body was discovered. Instead, authorities said Hicks had likely been shot a few blocks away in the 1400 block of Warrior Road an ...
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  • Birmingham police ID man killed in Ensley shooting
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