Police: Homicide in Maumelle first since 2015

Surveillance video from the cul-de-sac where a Maumelle man was shot and stabbed multiple times Friday morning shows a dark vehicle entering and exiting the area at the time of the attack, authorities said Thursday.

Jerry Stuart, a 60-year-old former Olympic-qualifier and father of five, was leaving for work at 4:40 a.m. Friday when he was fatally attacked in his driveway, Maumelle Police Department spokesman Capt. Jim Hansard said. Stuart’s death is the first homicide in Maumelle since 2015.

Video surveillance footage from a nearby house shows one car entering and exiting the cul-de-sac at that time,Hansard said, and there is no other entrance to the area, leading officers to believe that the driver is either a suspect in or a witness to the homicide.

The footage is grainy and dark, but it shows a small sedan entering the neighborhood at 3:51 a.m. and leaving nearly an hour later at 4:44 a.m. Hansard said the neighborhood is usually quiet, especially early in the morning. Around 4:45 a.m., six people called 911 to report hearing shots, Hansard said. Officers arrived at the scene minutes later, according to a police report.

Stuart was found dead, lying on his back halfway up the driveway when officers arrived, the report said.

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