Eric Dewayne Perry, a 43-year-old Black man, was found dead from a fatal shooting in Alexandria, Louisiana, on March 19, 2023. The Alexandria Police Department investigated the homicide after responding to the scene in the late hours of that Sunday.

Within days investigators arrested two Alexandria residents, Tyaisco Smith and Shatorria Brown. Both were charged with second-degree murder and booked into the Rapides Parish Detention Center. Motive and the precise circumstances of the shooting were not released at the time of these reports.

Does anyone have information about Eric’s movements in Alexandria on March 19 or who might have seen him that night?