Hot Springs police arrested a local teen Thursday morning in connection with the March 14 shooting death of a local man whose body was found in Hollywood Park.
Payton Jason Mann, 18, was taken into custody shortly after 11 a.m. in the 700 block of Spring Street and charged with capital murder, punishable by the death penalty or life in prison, and aggravated robbery, punishable by up to life in prison, for the death of Joshua Severns, 20, of Hot Springs, police said in a news release.
According to court documents, including the warrant for his arrest, which was issued Tuesday, the suspect's name is listed as Payton Jason Mann-Douthit and his last known address was listed as an apartment at 760 Spring St.
The warrant listed a bond of $500,000, but he was reportedly being held on zero bond shortly after his arrest Thursday.
A Crime Stoppers reward of $1,500 had been offered for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons involved in the murder of Severns. It wasn't known Thursday what led police to Mann.
The case file against Mann was ordered sealed by Garland County Circuit Court Judge John Homer Wright on Tuesday. Wright also issued a gag order limiting pretrial publicity in the case which was filed direct to circuit court on Tuesday.
Mann is scheduled to be arraigned today in circuit court.
According to an earlier release, at around 11:38 p.m. on March 14, police responded to a report of shots fired in the area of Hollywood Park, 411 Hollywood Ave. Officers found Severns, deceased from a gunshot wound, behind the restrooms.
During the course of the investigation, it was determined Severns left his residence on foot to meet someone and was directed to certain locations prior to making it to the park, the release said.
A memorial walk was held for Severns, a 2019 graduate of Hot Springs World Class High School, on March 24 with friends and family walking from Valley Hill Skate Park to Hollywood Park, where a memorial service was held.