A suspect wanted in connection with the June 23 slaying of a Hope, Ark., man turned himself in nearly two weeks after police issued a felony warrant for his arrest, Hope police Chief J.R. Wilson said.
At 4:30 p.m. June 23, police found Tommy Hamilton Jr. lying on a lawn in the 600 block of North Walker Street in Hope with a gunshot wound to his chest. Hamilton later died at Wadley Regional Medical Center in Hope, according to an earlier Gazette report.
Detectives began searching for Trotter, who they believed left the scene driving a black, four-door Mazda MZ6, according to Assistant Chief Kim Tomlin with Hope police.
"We believe we have a motive, but we can't confirm it. They were having a verbal altercation in the front yard," Tomlin said two days after the shooting.
Hamilton and Trotter had been in an argument when Trotter allegedly shot Hamilton, Tomlin said last Thursday.
An earlier report said the two were arguing about drugs.