SHELDON S NICKS

Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 60-E: 26
Department: Pasco County, Florida, S.O.
End of Watch: May 8, 1909
Cause: SHOT
Age: 23
Years of Service:
Description: Deputy Sheriff Nicks was shot when he accompanied his father, Town Marshal Robert Nicks, to serve a warrant on a suspect. As Marshal Nicks attempted to take the suspect into custody, the suspect pulled a handgun. Deputy Nicks jumped in front of his father as the suspect fired a single round, killing Deputy Nicks. The suspect was not apprehended.
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