Noel Drake Marks, 41, was found dead from an apparent gunshot wound inside an apartment at the Big Country Chateau complex on Colonel Glenn Road in Little Rock on December 26, 2022. Little Rock police and EMS responded to a call at 1:06 p.m.; EMS pronounced him dead at the scene. Homicide detectives and the crime scene search unit canvassed the area and interviewed witnesses as part of the investigation.

Surveillance footage from the complex showed a 15-year-old male later identified as Tyler Bland entering an apartment with Marks, then following Marks while carrying a gun into a different unit. The video captured Bland leaving that unit shortly before Marks was found. Detectives obtained a capital murder arrest warrant for Bland. After several weeks at large and a U.S. Marshals-led manhunt, law enforcement located and arrested Tyler Bland near the 2900 block of Spring Street on January 18, 2023.

If anyone knew Noel, saw him at the Big Country Chateau that day, or has information about what happened inside the apartment, please come forward.