On the evening of July 3, 2019, 28-year-old James David Alan Echols was fatally shot outside his home on Cooper Street in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He was with his wife and three children when the shooting occurred; one young daughter was reportedly heard afterward wanting to get band-aids for daddy. The Hot Springs Police Department arrived after a call about the shooting at approximately 10:12 p.m. and found Echols deceased inside the residence.

Investigators identified a suspect and the next day, July 4, 2019, law enforcement arrested Christopher Dean Harnar following a standoff at a house two doors down from the scene. He was charged with Murder in the Second Degree, two counts of Aggravated Assault, and Possession of a Firearm by Certain Persons and held at the Garland County Detention Center on a $250,000 bond.

Did anyone in Hot Springs know James Echols or witness the events around Cooper Street that night?