The attempted-murder trial of Brian Kenneth Hicks, accused of trying to kill a woman who later was gunned down before she could testify at his trial, has been pushed back to September.
Hicks, 28, is accused of trying to shoot 28-year-old Kalonniann Clark in June 2005 outside a nightclub, prosecutors say. His trial was to have begun today.
Clark survived, but she was gunned down outside her Denver home last December, a few days before she was scheduled to testify against Hicks, who was in jail at the time. No arrests have been made in her murder.
Hicks, who police describe as a gang member, has been identified as the owner of the sport-utility vehicle that police believe was used in the shooting death of Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams on New Year’s Day. The Williams investigation is ongoing, and no one has been arrested.
Hicks is charged with two attempted-homicide counts, possession of a handgun by a previous offender and illegal discharge of a weapon in connection with the 2005 attempt on Clark’s life.
Hicks allegedly shot at two women, one of them Clark, outside a nightclub. Neither was injured.
After the shots were fired, police found Hicks hiding in the 900 block of Bannock Street, wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a gun magazine containing 10 .40-caliber bullets, according to court records.
Clark was later threatened about testifying against Hicks in the nightclub incident, authorities say.
A motions hearing in the attempted murder case is scheduled for Aug. 9 and the trial date is set for Sept. 10.
Charges were dropped earlier this month against Benjamin C. Thomas, 28, who was accused of driving the car used in the attempt on Clark’s life. Prosecutors said that without Clark’s testimony they could not convict Thomas.
Staff writer Kieran Nicholson can be reached at 303-954-1822 or knicholson@denverpost.com.
