Stephanie Hicks

Suicide

Stephanie Hicks allegedly took an officer's gun and shot herself inside a police car on the way to a St. Louis hospital. Hicks' ex-boyfriend had called police and said that Hicks was walking 9.5 miles to a hospital in St. Louis in 105-degree weather. At around 9 a.m., the officer saw Hicks on a bridge and contacted EMS, who reportedly determined that Hicks wasn't suicidal. "She was adamant about going to St. Louis," Alton Police Chief David Hayes said. "So [instead of] allowing her to walk nine-and-a-half miles, our officer asked permission to provide her courtesy transportation to Christian Hospital, which we don't normally do." According to the officer, Hicks "never said a word" while in the car. Hicks sat in the front as the officer drove into St. Louis County. Then, on the service road to MO-367 near Dunn Road, the officer claimed Hicks grabbed his gun, they struggled, and she shot herself in the head.