In the late evening hours of Friday, November 22, 2019, the sense of peace in a Clovis, New Mexico neighborhood was shattered by the sound of gunfire. At approximately 10:20 p.m., officers from the Clovis Police Department were dispatched to the 1300 block of West 8th Street following reports of shots being fired. Shortly after the initial alert, another call came in, this time with the grim news that a male had been shot.
Upon their arrival at the scene, officers discovered a man on the steps of a residence with no signs of life. The victim was identified as 28-year-old William Romero, a Hispanic male.
The tragic event immediately prompted a full-scale homicide investigation, with the Clovis Police Department's Special Operations Unit and Major Crimes Unit taking the lead. As investigators began to piece together the events of that night, a suspect was identified in the shooting death of William Romero. An arrest warrant was issued for 34-year-old Steven Hogues, charging him with an open count of murder and felon in possession of a firearm. The search for Hogues began, with law enforcement seeking information from the public regarding his whereabouts.
The manhunt for the suspect in William Romero's death came to a swift conclusion. On Sunday, November 24, 2019, just two days after the fatal shooting, authorities located Steven Hogues. At around 3:21 a.m., the Randall County Sheriff's Office in Amarillo, Texas, confirmed that Hogues had been taken into custody. His arrest brought a sense of resolution to the initial phase of the investigation into the untimely death of William Romero, a young man who was remembered by family and friends. His passing left a void in the lives of his loved ones, including his wife and three daughters.
