"It’s very tragic the way that we lost our friend, but I can tell you we are strong." We are out here in his memory and his honor," said Brandy Holbert, who was one of Hickmon’s high school classmates.
"He was somebody that everyone wanted to be around and we love him. Hickmon’s loved ones said he touched so many people during his 43 years. Investigators said coaches from both teams got into a fight, then Talib pulled out a gun starting firing.Ĭhildren, including Hickmon’s 9-year-old son, witnessed the shooting. Everybody looked up to him as a good father… We learned a lot of things from him.RELATED: Aqib Talib's brother charged with murder after shooting Lancaster youth football coach, police say "He was very loved in the community," Hickmon's friend Glenn Richie said.
I mean what can you expect they nine, they babies?"įriends of Hickmon said he coached football for years and that they now feel lost without him. "They've been crying, worried, don't want to play football.
"Half of them couldn't sleep," Mayes said. Another coach said now many of the kids are scarred from this. This all happened in front of the young kids - some younger than 9-years-old - who were playing and watching the game. "It was too extreme, I wasn't expecting that," Mayes said. Police said that's when Talib pulled out a gun and started shooting. There was a fight on the field following a disagreement with the coaching staff and the officiating crew. Police are looking for suspect Yaqub Salik Talib, who is the brother of former NFL player Aquib Talib. "Always happy, upbeat, good father, good husband, always stood up for what's right. "I been knowing him, he's a good guy," Mayes said. "They took a great, a great person who wanted to help the community and wanted to better us as people," friend and fellow coach Heith Mayes said.įriends and family identified Hickmon as the man killed during a Little League football game in Lancaster Saturday evening. Lancaster, Texas - People are mourning the loss of Mike Hickmon, a Little League coach who many called a pillar of the Lancaster community.
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