Hank3 Speaks Out After Friend Brodie Wilkinson III is Murdered
The often quiet and reclusive Hank Williams III is speaking out after a friend of his named Brodie Wilkinson III was killed in a bizarre murder at the hands of three individuals trespassing on his family’s property.
On Saturday afternoon, October 6th, 22-year-old Brodie Wilkinson III drove to a portion of his family farm in Robertson County, Tennessee near Springfield where two men and a woman were congregated. Wilkinson asked the individuals to leave, and when they refused, he called the police, and then began driving away from the scene, not wanting to get in a confrontation with the individuals.
According to Brodie Wilkinson III’s mother Olivia Wilkinson, after Brodie pulled away from the trespassers, the three individuals started coming toward him in one of their vehicles, causing Brodie to take out his phone and begin to document the altercation on Snapchat. After passing each other, the trespassers pulled off the road and shot at Brodie, striking him in the back, and causing Brodie to crash on the side of the road. Neighbors said they heard two guns shots from the trespassers.
At 2:30 pm, police officers began to receive calls about an automobile accident on Highway 76E near Possum Trot Road. When they arrived on the scene they found Wilkinson III’s vehicle had rolled over, and that Wilkinson was dead. Police discovered that Wilkinson had been shot in the back, shifting the accident scene to a homicide investigation.
After a preliminary investigation, arrests warrants were issued for Daniel Blake Scott, 28, Darick A. Hinerman, 25, and Jennifer Henning, 23, who were apprehended and arrested about 1 a.m. Sunday, and booked into the Robertson County Jail on first-degree murder charges.
“It just still don’t seem real though, you know?” Olivia Wilkinson told Fox 17 in Nashville. “I feel like he’s just going to drive right up at any time, you know? These people don’t realize what they’ve taken; they’ve taken a gift from God. What I want for the man, for the coward, that shot my son in the back, yeah, you need the death penalty. I don’t want to pay for you to sit in jail and eat, and get a shower and watch TV.”
On Monday evening (10-15), Hank Williams III posted a video tribute to Brodie Wilkinson III with Mazzy Star’s “Look On Down From the Bridge” playing in the background. He also included a message in the description, asking why the alleged murderer was “sent” to Tennessee. “This is something I put together for a friend of mine who was shot in the back for telling people they are trespassing on his family property,” Hank3 said about the video. “R.I.P Brodie III. The Second chapter will soon [be] in the courts.”
October 16, 2018 @ 8:28 am
Sorry for the loss of your friend.
October 16, 2018 @ 8:44 am
Mazzy Star with Hank 3 tour That would be awesome!
October 16, 2018 @ 9:04 am
Just fucking wow.
October 17, 2018 @ 2:56 pm
*The Point* ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————*Your pretty ill-timed comment*
Way the hell off. You missed it.
October 16, 2018 @ 9:05 am
That’s a real shame. The shit people do and think they can get away with? I hope the courts are better down there than they are up here. Fast-tracking the death penalty in cases like this would sure fix some things in our legal system.
October 16, 2018 @ 3:45 pm
Speedy trial- slow death- one bullet at a time so they go to their grave knowing what it felt like.
October 16, 2018 @ 5:46 pm
bullets are too expensive. Hang them all with the same chain
October 16, 2018 @ 7:47 pm
22 hollow points are cheap- up close and personal.
October 16, 2018 @ 9:10 am
RIP . What a weird story.
October 16, 2018 @ 10:07 am
How awful!
October 16, 2018 @ 10:45 am
RIP. Sad all the way around. Im curious to know more details. What were they doing there, what were they on, etc. Not that it helps bring a good person back…
October 16, 2018 @ 10:54 am
My condolences on the loss of your dear friend. Our hearts go out to you and so do our prayers. I loss my best friend years ago and I still deal with his loss everyday. This is a senseless killing none the less. I wish you and the rest of his family strength and peace of mind in the coming days of mourning .
October 16, 2018 @ 10:57 am
Even with fast-tracking the death penalty, money spent would still be wasted. Rope on the other hand, though it still costs money, is relatively cheap. I bet some would even be donated, a short piece will do. It’s a win win. Save tax money and put some fear in b@stards just like this. It’s reuseable too so that should please the hippies.
October 16, 2018 @ 1:11 pm
This is very, very sad.
I feel sorry for the poor young man.
We have people interlope on our properties sometime and I have to run them off.
Sorry for Shelton, too.
October 16, 2018 @ 1:49 pm
That’s why you should have your gun in hand and ready to fire ASAP.
Fu** telling them to leave and that they are trespassing.
This site has become about censoring certain comments so i expect this to get deleted.
October 17, 2018 @ 6:16 pm
Having a gun on hand doesn’t do a whole lot of good if you get shot as you’re driving away.
October 16, 2018 @ 4:01 pm
What kind of drugs were they on. Dice roll says Meth. Dont let this young mans death go without learning something. Exercise 2nd Amendment. Carry with one chambered. At least if you show force or return fire, chickensh*ts like this usually will run scared. RIP young man. Prayers for family
October 17, 2018 @ 7:16 am
The shooter was a heroine dealer.
October 16, 2018 @ 4:20 pm
Condolences to Hank and the family of the deceased.
As for the cowards who took this man’s life? As Charlie Daniels once said, let em swing till the sun goes down.
October 16, 2018 @ 8:18 pm
What a cowardly senseless act prayers for Hank III and this gentleman’s Family May justice be swift and severe.
October 16, 2018 @ 9:59 pm
Oh no ???????????? I have no words 🙁 my heart is broken for Olivia and her family. Absolutely devistating! Why does it have to be the good ones?! What were they doing on the property that made them take such a wonderful life? String em up in a tree by their toe nails and practice blood letting. Slit their throats and come back to check on em in a week, see if that fixed them. They absolutely should all hang! Olivia is right, she shouldnt have to pay her sons murderers cost of living. The justice system cant lay such a burden on a grieving mother and family knowing these people are breathing air. Such a great loss and life they have taken ????
October 17, 2018 @ 7:14 pm
What cowards to shoot someone in the back. Hope they get what they deserve and more. Smh. Sorry for the loss of your friends. You signed autographs for everyone at the show in indiana. You are one heck of a great person for giving your time like that. That’s respect unlike what happened to your friend .
October 17, 2018 @ 10:03 pm
Such a shame,This man had the right to exercise his rights,and very well should of used them,The faith,and the greatness within his heart led him to dodifferent,This is a wonderful man,who possessed what we are taught,have faith,and try to find the good in your fellow man!?Dear Lord,help me understand I ask,Lord I pray
October 18, 2018 @ 8:22 am
Wow, this tuff to read. People have lost there minds. That’s why I carry gun most places I go. So sorry for his loss and Olivia most of all. He was gift from God and they should pay with there lives. They poor girl in the picture probably didnt have anything do with it will ruin her life. Sad what a waste. Duck the guy who shot him. Hang Him!
October 18, 2018 @ 1:07 pm
I love how when i speak up after a senseless tragedy like Pulse nightclub(where a friend was killed), I get told not to be politicize those deaths, and yet folks here are all “should have been carrying, 2nd amendment..” I’d like those folks to explain how carrying would have stopped cowards who shot him in the back as he was driving away. Fuck those shit heads, and fuck anyone using this as an excuse to brag about how they’re carrying all the time. I own a gun too, the difference is I don’t need to brag about it.
October 19, 2018 @ 3:03 am
Sorry to hear about this.
November 22, 2018 @ 6:54 am
I think what hillbilly POS here is suggesting is that you murder anyone that steps foot on your property, because by gawd mah property is mah speshial place.
December 4, 2018 @ 9:01 am
I’ve known the whole Wilkenson family since the early 90’s. They all have done so much for me and my family. Brodie Sr and Jr even built my house and have worked on it since. I know Sr has been going down hill since Mavella passed but it was not Lil Brodie’s time. I remember him driving a tractor since he was a little tyke and Oliva hunts behind my house. I will say that his funeral, even though so sad, was the best celebration of life I’ve ever seen. Brodie Jr.. was very strong and held it together for the whole family. I can’t imagine what they all are going thru. As far as the bast—-s that shot him, the death penalty is even too good. They need to suffer.
October 20, 2019 @ 8:23 pm
Grandpappy told my pappy, back in my day, son
A man had to answer for the wicked that he done
Take all the rope in Texas find a tall oak tree,
Round up all them bad boys hang them high in the street
For all the people to see