On March 22, 2017, at approximately 3:22 a.m., Pine Bluff Police responded to a report of a person lying in the street near 38th and Hazel Street. Upon arrival, officers discovered 18-year-old Parius Hicks with a gunshot wound to the upper body. Jefferson County Deputy Coroner Eric Kelley pronounced Hicks dead at 4:31 a.m.
The investigation quickly led detectives to identify a juvenile suspect. By late Wednesday afternoon, the suspect was brought in by one of his parents and subsequent
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