Adam Ray McGill, a 37-year-old man from Madisonville, Tennessee, died after being shot during a late-night confrontation with a neighbor on November 21, 2025. He was born on November 18, 1988, and his obituary describes him as having “passed away unexpectedly” on that Friday morning. He left behind three children—Blaze, Michael and Athenia—as well as his mother, sister, extended family, and a girlfriend, all of whom are listed among his survivors in funeral notices from a local
Madisonville funeral home and related obituary listings.
In the early hours of November 21, around 12:30 a.m., Monroe County deputies were dispatched to the 800 block of Big Creek Road in Madisonville after reports that a man had been shot. When they arrived, they found McGill lying dead along the side of a roadway or driveway near his home. According to statements released by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office and repeated in several local and regional news outlets, the incident stemmed from a dispute between neighbors that began with the killing of a dog inside McGill's residence.
Investigators say a female witness, who lived with McGill, told deputies that their neighbor, 60-year-old Gregory Scott Williams, had entered their home while no one was there and shot her dog inside the house. When she and McGill later returned home, they reportedly saw Williams leaving their property on a riding lawn mower. After discovering the dog dead inside, McGill left the residence on his motorcycle and traveled to Williams's home on Big Creek Road to confront him about the shooting. These details were included in the sheriff's written release and echoed in television and online reports covering the homicide.
During the confrontation at or near Williams's residence, authorities say Williams fired a. 22-caliber rifle at McGill's motorcycle. Evidence cited by investigators indicates that McGill was struck in the abdomen. After being shot, he apparently attempted to walk back toward his home but collapsed along the roadside or driveway, where deputies later found him deceased. When detectives interviewed Williams, he allegedly admitted to shooting the dog inside McGill's home and to firing the rifle during the encounter with McGill and the female witness. A subsequent search warrant executed at Williams's residence led investigators to recover a. 22-caliber rifle from under a bed, which authorities have identified as the weapon used in the shooting.
Law enforcement officials have said that Williams claimed he shot the dog because it had acted aggressively toward his wife earlier in the day, a justification investigators noted but did not treat as exculpatory. Following the incident, Williams was taken into custody without incident by Monroe County deputies. He has been charged with first-degree murder, aggravated burglary of a residence, and aggravated animal cruelty, and multiple outlets report that he is being held in the Monroe County Jail without bond as the investigation continues. Official statements from the Monroe County Sheriff's Office and subsequent media coverage emphasize that the case remains active, and prosecutors have not yet presented the full evidence in court; however, authorities have publicly described McGill's killing as a tragic outcome of an escalating neighbor dispute and have issued formal condolences to his family and loved ones.
