Witness: suspect admitted to ‘shooting caps off’

By Kyle Troutman [email protected]

An Arkansas man is charged with a pair of felonies after allegedly shooting at a residence from a vehicle in the Eagle Rock area.

Kyle Loftus, 31, of Eureka Springs, Ark., is charged with unlawful use of a weapon and first-degree harassment.

According to a probable cause statement filed by Deputy M. Pechstein, with the Barry County Sheriff’s Office, on May 2, a victim reported Loftus drove past his home in a gray Honda Civic on Highway 86, reached his hand out the driver’s side window and allegedly fired two shots from a handgun.

Pechstein’s statement said the act caused emotional distress to the victim, as Loftus had allegedly driven the same vehicle onto his property and attempted to cause disturbances, and he’d allegedly previously followed the victim in his vehicle in the Eagle Rock area for an extended period of time.

A witness said he’d spoken to Loftus after the incident took place, and Loftus allegedly said, “I went by [name redacted], and I was popping caps off.”

The witness also reported Loftus said, “It’s in storage now,” and that, “They might find a shell casing in the road.”

Loftus was later arrested with the keys to the same vehicle, which had a license plate matching the one provided by the victim. Pechstein said Loftus allegedly admitted to operating the vehicle on public roadways.

Loftus has no felony convictions but does have multiple failure to appear charges, Pechstein said, all for driving while revoked.

Loftus is being held in the Barry County jail on a cash only bond of $100,000. A bond hearing is set for Thursday at 9 a.m. in the courtroom of Judge Robert Foulke.