, officials said it started when a business owner came to the police station nearby to file a complaint about a man "who had been terrorizing the business owner and the customers of his establishment for some time, and he wanted him to be removed." We're told Nichols was known to carry firearms and was trespassing the area sometime after the complaint was made, so police went to confront him.
From there, the 48-year-old was rushed to the hospital, where he was said to have succumbed to his injuries. The three HPD officers were not injured during the incident, officials said and were identified as: D. Blackerby, J. Pavlica, and J. Mayfield. The first two officers were sworn into the department in December 2018 and 2014, respectively, while the third was sworn in August 2021.