bearingarms.com By Cam Edwards
When two strangers broke into David Hicks’ home in East Hartford, Connecticut last June, it wasn’t a random event. According to Hicks, one of the two individuals actually asked if he “was David” before attacking him as he sat on the couch watching television. But almost one year after Hicks shot the two intruders in self-defence, police say the investigation is still open, and Hicks believes there’s at least one other person who has managed to elude authorities after firing shots at his home.
It’s extraordinarily rare for local news outlets to go back and revisit an armed citizen story after the fact, so kudos to Jesse Leavenworth of CTInsider for the followup to Hicks’ encounter. I’ve said before that I don’t know of a single gun owner who’s hoping that they become the victim of a violent crime just so they can use their gun to defend their life, and that’s definitely true of Hicks, who is still haunted by the fact that he had to deploy deadly force to protect himself… especially given the young ages of the home invaders.
Police have said the fatal shootings of Isaiah Jose Lopez, 16, of Hartford, and Isaiah Miguel Nevarez, 15, of Meriden, happened during the targeted home invasion of David Hicks’s Graham Road home June 16, 2022.
“If I get going talking about it, it starts to (mess) with me,” Hicks, 31, said in an interview with Hearst CT Media. “I don’t sleep the same. I don’t think the same. I’m never comfortable; I’m always on edge.”
Hicks shot the two with a registered firearm and there are no pending charges against him, police spokesperson Officer Marc Caruso said…
