George Melvin Hicks Jr. was 22 when he died in St. Louis on a Sunday in May 2012. A lifelong city resident born January 8, 1990, he was known to friends as G unit and remembered for his smile and hobbies including basketball, video games, and downloading CDs. He attended St. Louis Public Schools and played in the band, later earning a forklift operator license through St. Louis Job Corps. He had accepted Christ early in life and was baptized.

He was a father to a son, Ta'Shaun Nickolis Hicks, and is survived by his mother and father, Barbara and Timothy Fisher, his biological father, grandparents, siblings, and other relatives. The obituary-style account celebrates his life but gives no details about the circumstances of his death, or whether any arrests or suspects were identified.

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