William Robert McArthur, 64, was killed during a late-night Lyft shift in Panama City Beach in the early hours of May 24, 2025. Deputies responded about 2:24 a.m. to Wildwood Road near Emerald Cove Street and found McArthur in the roadway with a gunshot wound; his vehicle, later located roughly 100 yards away, showed blood and bullet holes. He was taken to a local hospital and died. Obituary records confirm his identity and age.

Investigators say McArthur was transporting a teenage passenger when a man fled the scene, scaled a fence and fired as he ran toward the Woodlawn neighborhood. Lyft trip records directed detectives to a 17-year-old Bay County resident, Brayden Raul Gomez, who was located on Dorothy Avenue and taken into custody. Authorities report Gomez admitted in a post-Miranda interview to shooting McArthur from the back seat, striking him in the back of the head, and that officers recovered the firearm and blood-stained clothing during the search. Gomez was charged with an open count of murder.

McArthur is remembered in obituary and memorial postings as a longtime local whose life ended during a routine rideshare fare. Does anyone have information about McArthur’s last shift or sightings near Wildwood Road that night?