Victor Demone Hopkins, 41, of Lubbock, Texas, was fatally shot on April 23, 2014, after intervening in a domestic assault. He stepped in when Leroy Mitchell, 59, was beating his wife with a pistol; Mitchell turned the gun on Victor and shot him twice in the chest. Victor was taken by private vehicle to University Medical Center and later died of his injuries.

Victor was born June 24, 1972, to Henry J. Hopkins and Magnolia Archie Hopkins. A Monterey High School graduate (class of 1990), he studied Criminal Justice at South Plains College and worked for Texas Instruments, the City of Lubbock and, for 12 years, the Lubbock Housing Authority. He was a member of Praise Center Ministries, a husband to Tamieka Sheppard Hopkins and a father of nine.

Mitchell was arrested the day after the shooting and charged with murder. Tamieka Hopkins spoke in court about the family’s loss and described how deeply the children were affected; she also expressed forgiveness toward Mitchell. Does anyone have memories of Victor or information about the incident that could add to the record?