Tuesday, June 18, 2002
UC signee OK after being shot in leg
By Neil Schmidt, nschmidt@enquirer.com
The Cincinnati Enquirer
University of Cincinnati basketball signee Eric Hicks was shot in the left leg during a feud at a Greensboro, N.C., park just after 1 a.m. Monday, but he escaped serious injury and his playing career shouldn't be jeopardized.
Hicks, a 6-foot-7, 230-pound forward from Greensboro Dudley High, was released from Moses Cone Hospital late Monday afternoon. His mother, Eva Lindsay, said Hicks will come to Cincinnati today to enroll in UC summer-session classes; he was scheduled to begin classes Monday.
“It was a big scare, but he's doing good now,” Lindsay said.
Hicks told the Greensboro News & Record, “I feel lucky.”
A single shot went through Hicks' leg a few inches below the knee without doing significant damage. Surgery was not required, and Hicks is expected to return to the basketball court in 2-4 weeks. No arrests have been made, but the shooting is under investigation by Greensboro police, according to a statement released Monday morning.
Lindsay said her son was trying to break up a fight between Dudley students.
“He was in the wrong place, just trying to do good,” she said.
Hicks is No. 88 in ESPN.com's national recruiting ratings.
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