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Former college football RB, current youth football head coach, shot at youth game
By Keith Farner
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The North Texas football program is remembering a former player, Mike Hickmon, who was killed at his son’s youth football game.
The brother of former NFL cornerback Aqib Talib is wanted as the suspect in a murder in a Dallas suburb that followed an altercation at the end of a youth football game Saturday night, USA Today reported.
The Lancaster (Texas) Police Department issued a press release stating that they dispatched officers to Lancaster Community Park Saturday night at 8:50 p.m. Upon arrival, officers were told of a disagreement that had taken place between the coaching staff and officiating crew of a game that had taken place at the park.
The @MeanGreenFB family lost a great one yesterday when Mike Hickmon was killed at his son’s youth football game. Have talked with many of his former teammates today and everyone is just gutted. We are all a little bit better for having Hick in our lives. pic.twitter.com/uN5HGlDN6n
— Eric Capper (@Eric_Capper) August 14, 2022
The Lancaster police department issued the following report to 9NEWS:
“Upon arrival, officers were notified of a disagreement among coaching staff and the officiating crew.
“During the disagreement the opposing coaching staff were involved in a physical altercation and one of the individuals involved in the altercation discharged a firearm striking one adult male. The victim was transported to a local hospital for treatment where he was later pronounced deceased.”
Hickmon played for the Mean Green from 1998-2002 when he was known among teammates as a calming influence at a key time in program history, the Denton Record-Chronicle reported.
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
