Hoyle indicted for stepfather’s murder

David Glynn Hoyle, Jr.

Front Royal resident David Glynn Hoyle Jr., 33, was indicted Wednesday by the Warren County Grand Jury on a charge of murder in the first-degree and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.

Hoyle is accused of shooting his stepfather, Warren Howard Ramsey, 58, multiple times on the evening of March 27 in a home they shared on Royal Avenue.

The police report states that according to an unidentified family member, Hoyle walked into the living room where Ramsey was seated on the couch and began shooting without any words being exchanged between the two. Hoyle was present at the scene when police arrived and later confessed to the murder, according to the criminal complaint.

Police responded to the report of a shooting at 10:49 p.m., Monday evening, March 27. A revolver believed to be the murder weapon was recovered by police, though exactly where was not cited in the criminal complaint.

Conviction on the murder charge carries a 20 years to life in prison sentencing range; the firearms charge has a minimum-mandatory of three years in prison.

A preliminary hearing has been set for July 25 in Warren County Circuit Court. Hoyle remains incarcerated in the R-S-W Regional Jail.