In the early evening of February 9, 2022, the quiet of Park Place in Pine Bluff, Arkansas was shattered by violence. Responding to reports of a shooting at approximately 7:30 p.m., police discovered 27-year-old Miguel Hoyt inside a white Dodge Challenger parked on the street. He had been shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene by the county's deputy coroner, marking the fourth homicide in the city that year.
Initially, authorities had no suspects in the fatal shooting of
the young man and appealed to the public for any information that could lead to an arrest. The investigation into Hoyt's death continued, and in the weeks that followed, the Pine Bluff Police Department identified a suspect in the case. An 18-year-old named Herbert Pam III was identified as the individual wanted in connection with the murder of Miguel Hoyt.
A warrant was issued for Pam's arrest on charges of Capital Murder, Terroristic Act, and Aggravated Assault. The search for the teenage suspect concluded on March 15, 2022, when Herbert Pam III turned himself in to the Pine Bluff police shortly after 10 a.m.
