Twist To The Story
A father and son are in Wilson County Jail after a car repossession led first to gunfire, then fisticuffs and finally criminal homicide, according to a sheriff's detective.
Willie Clyde Mooneyham, 56, is charged with criminal homicide. His son, Zachary Mooneyham, 27, is charged with aggravated assault.
John Wayne Gribbins, 36, the repo man, is dead.
According to Wilson County detective Lt. Ricky Knight, the series of events began when Gribbins, of Vesta Road in Wilson County, went to repossess Zachary Mooneyham's vehicle Thursday afternoon in Rutherford County.
"Shots were fired by Willie (Mooneyham)" during the repossession, Knight said.
Gribbins took the car anyway, and he returned to his residence in Wilson County.
Confrontation heated up
Thursday evening, Zachary Mooneyham went to Vesta Road and confronted Gribbins, Knight said. "There was a physical altercation between Gribbins and Zachary there," he said.
"A short time afterward, Willie shows up at the same location and they (Gribbins and the elder Mooneyham) got into an altercation using vehicles as weapons and guns as weapons," said Knight, adding that the only gun in the car fight was apparently Willie Mooneyham's.
"John Gribbins was struck by the gunfire," said Knight of the man who died after the 8 p.m. shooting.
An all-night manhunt was launched and with the help of Rutherford County Sheriff's Department officers, Willie Mooneyham was arrested at his residence about 7 or 7:30 a.m. Friday.
Metro police assisted in arresting the son, who was discovered Friday afternoon at his girlfriend's home in Nashville.
Bail has been set at $5,000 on Zachary Mooneyham.
No bail has been set for Willie Mooneyham.
Willie Clyde Mooneyham, 56, is charged with criminal homicide. His son, Zachary Mooneyham, 27, is charged with aggravated assault.
John Wayne Gribbins, 36, the repo man, is dead.
According to Wilson County detective Lt. Ricky Knight, the series of events began when Gribbins, of Vesta Road in Wilson County, went to repossess Zachary Mooneyham's vehicle Thursday afternoon in Rutherford County.
"Shots were fired by Willie (Mooneyham)" during the repossession, Knight said.
Gribbins took the car anyway, and he returned to his residence in Wilson County.
Confrontation heated up
Thursday evening, Zachary Mooneyham went to Vesta Road and confronted Gribbins, Knight said. "There was a physical altercation between Gribbins and Zachary there," he said.
"A short time afterward, Willie shows up at the same location and they (Gribbins and the elder Mooneyham) got into an altercation using vehicles as weapons and guns as weapons," said Knight, adding that the only gun in the car fight was apparently Willie Mooneyham's.
"John Gribbins was struck by the gunfire," said Knight of the man who died after the 8 p.m. shooting.
An all-night manhunt was launched and with the help of Rutherford County Sheriff's Department officers, Willie Mooneyham was arrested at his residence about 7 or 7:30 a.m. Friday.
Metro police assisted in arresting the son, who was discovered Friday afternoon at his girlfriend's home in Nashville.
Bail has been set at $5,000 on Zachary Mooneyham.
No bail has been set for Willie Mooneyham.
posted by Dave at 7:54 AM
2 Comments:
Yea, and as of yesterday August 6th 2009, Willie Mooneyham was found Not Guilty, because he was using self defense. People need to get the facts right before they start slinging mud on people's names..
All the moonyhams are crazy just about all the time you hear them because they are in trouble look at eric doze crying out loud
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