Fletcher Christoph Hicklen, 59, was shot and killed on June 17, 2024, in the driveway of a residence in Los Angeles’ Crenshaw District. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner ruled the cause of death multiple gunshot wounds and the manner of death homicide.

Hicklen had several prior contacts with law enforcement earlier in 2024 and before. In February 2024 he was arrested by the LAPD on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon with bail set at $1.36 million; the district attorney later declined to prosecute and the incident was reclassified as a detention under California Penal Code Section 849.5. His record also includes arrests for threats of violence in June 2018 and for assault with a firearm on a person in June 2021.

If anyone has information about Fletcher Hicklen’s killing, please contact investigators.