A young man was killed in a shooting in rural Drew County in the early hours of December 21, 2025. Deputies and medical personnel were dispatched around 12:13 a.m. to a Sullivan Road residence in the Rock Springs community near Wilmar, where 21-year-old Noah Long of Monticello was found with severe injuries and later died from the wounds sustained in the shooting.

Investigators identified 28-year-old William Drew Tadel of Wilmar as the alleged shooter and arrested him without incident. He was booked into the Drew County Detention Facility and was charged with first-degree murder. At a first judicial hearing on December 22, 2025, Judge Crews Puryear set a commercial bond at $100,000 and imposed specific conditions of release; Tadel remained in custody while the investigation continued and no future court dates were listed then.

Are there witnesses or anyone with information about the Sullivan Road scene on the night of December 21 who can help investigators?