After more than four years, civil suit for Fred Cox Jr. ends with settlement

Featured photo: Tenicka Smith and her son Fred Cox Jr. (photo by Sayaka Matsuoka)On Feb. 3, a yearslong battle in the courts came to an end. But for Tenicka Smith, the result was more bitter than sweet.“I feel like I failed my child,” Smith shared with TCB this week.Smith is the mother of Fred Cox Jr. who was shot and killed by an off-duty sheriff’s deputy in 2020. Cox, who was 18 years old, was running to shield others who were caught in a drive-by shooting outside of a church