More information release on Stevie Hicks
The Omaha World Herald has more background on the day Stevie Hicks died.
The story cuts pretty deep.
Before his death, Hicks took his football trophies off shelves and packed them away. He threw one of his old helmets in the trash. He turned large poster photographs of himself in his football uniform to face the wall.
He’d left his grandparents’ home several times the night before his death, returning in the morning talking to himself and threatening suicide, according to investigative records reviewed by The World-Herald.
Before he walked to the bridge, Anita Hicks called 911, saying her grandson was at her home threatening to kill himself.
“My grandson, I think he’s having a breakdown,” she told the dispatcher. “We’re in our room, but he’s talking about hurting himself if we don’t come out. . . . He’s talking about leaving. He’s been doing a lot of different ranting and raving.”
At 7:35 a.m., Omaha police officers were dispatched to the dark green, one-story house on Decatur Street. Hicks was in the driveway, an arm around his grandmother, according to the records.
“Please take him,” she said.
Police interviewed Hicks, asking if he planned to hurt himself or others.
“No,” he replied.
After about a half hour, the officers left.
At 8:34 a.m., motorists began to report that a man had landed on Interstate 480 north of Dodge Street. “I just saw somebody jump off a bridge,” one 911 caller said. At 9:14 a.m., Hicks was pronounced dead at the University of Nebraska Medical Center of head injuries suffered in the 57-foot fall.
Most of you will be with family in the next few days. With so many uncertainties in the world right now and all the pressure some people are under take a few minutes to really tell people they are important and let them know your world is better because they are here.
[via Omaha World Herald]
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