Nicholas Hopkins - Trooper – S.W.A.T. - Served: May 31, 2009 to August 23, 2019
- Andrew Bartlett
- Aug 23, 2019
- 1 min read
Updated: Feb 7
On the morning of Aug. 23, 2019, Illinois State Trooper Nicholas Hopkins, 33, was killed in the line of duty while attempting to execute a state search warrant in East St. Louis, Illinois. On Wednesday, a federal grand jury in East St. Louis returned an eight-count indictment charging Christopher R. Grant, 46, with several federal crimes, including using a firearm to murder Trooper Hopkins in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense.
