Bre’Untae JaWon Hicks was 27 when he was shot in the parking lot of a Circle K in Jonesboro, Louisiana, on the night of October 7, 2023. The shooting was reported by a 911 call at about 11:40 p.m. after a Jonesboro-Hodge High School homecoming game. Responding Jonesboro officers and Jackson Parish deputies found Hicks with a gunshot wound; he was taken to Jackson Parish Hospital and later died of his injuries. The Jackson Parish Sheriff’s Office took over the homicide investigation.

An arrest followed in the days after the shooting. Terrion S. Atkins, Jr., an 18-year-old from Jonesboro, was taken into custody in Ruston on a charge of second-degree murder after an arrest warrant was issued; the sheriff described Atkins as a repeat offender. The fatal altercation is believed to have begun after the homecoming game. Hicks was the son of Jonesboro-Hodge head football coach Terrance Blankenship.

Bre’Untae, known as Tè to schoolmates, graduated Jonesboro-Hodge High School in 2015, earned a welding technical degree from Delta Community College, and worked as a millwright at Jeld-Wen in Dodson. He was CEO of Bear Vizuals Photography and Videography and enjoyed hunting, fishing, and motorcycles. If anyone saw what happened that night or has information about the shooting, please come forward.