Russell Thomas ’Rusty’ Andrews, 62, was found dead May 14, 2024, at the Alconon Club on Jack Warner Parkway in Tuscaloosa from a fatal gunshot wound. A Hillcrest High graduate and Air Force veteran, Andrews was active in the local Alcoholics Anonymous community, owned Black Label Game Calls, and is remembered as a devoted father and grandfather who supported others in recovery.

Investigators identified a person of interest initially called J.P., described as a white male about 50, who was believed to have left the Tuscaloosa area. That individual was later identified as 50-year-old Stacy Lee Drake, a transient using a false name while in Tuscaloosa and reported to have a lengthy criminal history in multiple states. Andrews’s vehicle was stolen after the killing and surveillance later placed it near the Arkansas-Oklahoma border, triggering a U.S. Marshals manhunt that led to an arrest in Morrilton, Arkansas. Drake is also tied to a separate double homicide in Oklahoma and an arrest warrant for murder was issued in Andrews’s death.

If anyone knew Rusty, his routines, or saw his vehicle in mid-May, please come forward with information.