On the afternoon of April 29, 2020, 38-year-old Eric Kalas was found on Randall Drive in Searcy, Arkansas, with multiple gunshot wounds. Emergency responders arrived about 2:19 p.m. and transported Kalas to Unity Health Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

The Searcy Police Department opened a homicide investigation that quickly focused on 18-year-old Robert Hurd of Searcy. Hurd was already out on bond at the time on two counts of attempted murder in a separate case. Authorities charged him in connection with Kalas’s death with capital murder, aggravated robbery, and theft of property and launched a manhunt; law enforcement officers searched areas including the Memphis region and classified him as armed and dangerous. Hurd was arrested by West Memphis police on May 14, 2020, outside a family member’s home and returned to Searcy to face the charges.

If anyone has information about what happened to Eric Kalas or witnessed events on Randall Drive that afternoon, please come forward to the Searcy Police Department.