Nicholas Hopkins, 33, was an Illinois State Police trooper killed on August 23, 2019, in East St. Louis while serving a SWAT search warrant on North 42nd Street. The shooting happened about 5:26 a.m.; Hopkins was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead that evening. He had been with the Illinois State Police for ten years and left behind a wife, three children, and a brother who is also an Illinois police officer.

Authorities say the shooter, 49-year-old Christopher R. Grant, was inside the residence and later claimed he believed he was being robbed when he heard noises on the porch. Grant fired three shots toward the front door, and one struck Hopkins. Grant was charged with multiple offenses including first-degree murder and gun and drug-related counts; in 2021 he pleaded guilty to several charges and received federal and state sentences.

Anyone who knew Trooper Hopkins, his family, or who has information about the warrant service that morning is asked to come forward.