Terrell Dwight Hicks, 80, was shot and killed while working as a security guard at the entrance to The Resort at Glade Springs in Raleigh County on Monday, February 16, 2026. Surveillance footage reportedly shows a red Nissan Titan arrive at about 6:53 p.m.; the driver presented a West Virginia license but was denied entry because he could not give an address inside the gated community. The same truck returned around 7:37 p.m., and footage allegedly shows the driver firing into the guard building and striking Hicks in the chest.

Authorities identified the driver from the license and vehicle registration as Michael Lloyd Taylor of Piney View. Deputies say they located a matching truck, a gun and a spent shell casing; Taylor was arrested at his residence and charged with first-degree murder and use of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

Hicks was born June 14, 1945, in Cleveland, served in the Army National Guard, worked for 43 years with IBEW Local 466 and had spent more than three decades with his wife Teresa; survivors include children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Visitation was scheduled February 23 with funeral services on February 24 and burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Does anyone who knew Hicks or who was near Glade Springs that evening have information that could help investigators?