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Man killed 3 friends going fishing, then ordered cheeseburgers from McDonald's: Sheriff
yahoo ^ | September 14, 2026 | Lauren Silver

Posted on 09/14/2026 3:41:58 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Tony Lee "TJ" Wiggins Jr., 32, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder, tampering with physical evidence and possessing a weapon as a felon. Prosecutors said Wiggins was the gunman who killed Damion Tillman, Brandon Rollins and Keven Springfield outside a Dollar General in 2020.

In his opening statement to the jury on Monday, Assistant State Attorney Ralph Guerra said Tillman went into the discount store on July 17, 2020, to buy a few items before heading out with his friends to go fishing. Guerra said surveillance video showed the defendant inside the store at the same time as Tillman. After Tillman exited, the defendant followed. Minutes later, the three victims were dead. Guerra said the three men were shot nine times and investigators collected 10 fired cartridge casings identified as TulAmmo 9 mm bullets.

The three men were connected by a truck Wiggins owned that "came into the possession" of Springfield, Guerra said. After the shooting, investigators found Wiggins' truck without an engine inside. A closer examination of the trucks the victims had been driving revealed that the engine from Wiggins' truck had been placed into Tillman's red Chevrolet truck.

When investigators interviewed Wiggins, he said that he had been in a car with his brother and girlfriend, but denied any role in the shootings. Wiggins' brother, William "Robert" Wiggins, was also arrested. In an interview with detectives, William Wiggins allegedly said that he watched his brother shoot all three victims after accusing Springfield of stealing his truck.

After the shooting, the brothers and Tony Wiggins' girlfriend drove to McDonald's, where they ordered 10 double cheeseburgers and two McChicken sandwiches, investigators said.

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To: T.B. Yoits

The three were friends with each other, not with Wiggins.


21 posted on 09/14/2026 4:32:33 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: BenLurkin

Murders three people over a truck engine and then goes to McDonalds? Can’t make this stuff up.


22 posted on 09/14/2026 4:44:50 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

RE: packet charges...That would drive me to murder!

All of us have a breaking point when life gets to be too much. Sometimes the refusal of a simple condiment packet can be the point of no return. Thank goodness for mindfulness counselors. 😊


23 posted on 09/14/2026 4:52:07 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Libloather

Photo....

The good side is he is on the short list as a henchman for a villain in an action movie during a director’s casting call.
Guy grabbing a hostage. One shooting at cops outside the dockside warehouse.

Wouldn’t even need makeup.


24 posted on 09/14/2026 4:54:41 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Libloather

Do I get a pot O gold if I catch him?

LMAO


25 posted on 09/14/2026 5:13:15 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: A_perfect_lady
#12:"That’s what I call Banjo White."

LOL! That's a keeper!.

Gonna steal that!


26 posted on 09/14/2026 5:19:48 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: BenLurkin
10 fired cartridge casings identified as TulAmmo 9 mm bullets.

Even crappy ammo will kill.

27 posted on 09/14/2026 5:21:14 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Kudsman
No fries with that?

Fries come with the "Ol' Sparky" combo...

28 posted on 09/14/2026 5:21:53 PM PDT by null and void (Iran Pres Masoud Pezeshkian: “Common sense is a good thing ... Common sense is really a good thing.")
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To: A_perfect_lady

The Southern term is “poor white trash” ... but it’s not pronounced in the King’s English.


29 posted on 09/14/2026 5:24:04 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: cherry

You’ll notice that nobody is out wearing blue, protesting in his favor, and making lame excuses for his crime.

Contrast that with the reaction to Lindsay Clancy murdering three little children ...

I’m sure you just forgot about that ...


30 posted on 09/14/2026 5:26:27 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: BenLurkin; All

I find it of great interest that he tried to cover up his crime by removing his truck engine and placing it in another vehicle. That’s like something I would think of - then I would just get the guys some happy meals and steal their truck, leaving them stranded. More fun, less jail!


31 posted on 09/14/2026 5:36:51 PM PDT by Scarlett156 (Remember to pray. )
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To: BenLurkin

6 friggen years to bring this PPS to trial?


32 posted on 09/14/2026 5:40:18 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (There is no gravity. The earth just sucks. )
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To: BenLurkin

Hungry after his crime, huh?


33 posted on 09/14/2026 5:42:23 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (The Bible speaks truth! Don't believe it, you do so at your own peril. You'd better be right!!)
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To: cherry

34 posted on 09/14/2026 5:45:46 PM PDT by bankwalker (Feminists, like all Marxists, are ungrateful parasites.)
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To: BenLurkin

https://youtu.be/hkTgYiMDRHY

Send us Thine Asteroid Oh Lord🎵🎶


35 posted on 09/14/2026 6:07:01 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: al baby

one of ‘em ordered two whole fried chickens, and the other ordered three pieces of dry toast and a Coke ...


36 posted on 09/14/2026 6:28:49 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: BenLurkin

William Wiggins allegedly said that he watched his brother shoot all three victims after accusing Springfield of stealing his truck.

Never steal a mans horse of truck


37 posted on 09/15/2026 5:50:24 AM PDT by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: catnipman

one of ‘em ordered two whole fried chickens, and the other ordered three pieces of dry toast and a Coke ...


Reminds me of Aretha telling Jake and Elwood, “Take yo fo fried chickens and your diet coke!”.....


38 posted on 09/15/2026 6:13:33 AM PDT by AFret. (.)
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To: mowowie

I remember watching that also.


39 posted on 09/15/2026 8:51:35 AM PDT by packrat35 (“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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To: BenLurkin

“Man killed 3 friends going fishing, then ordered cheeseburgers from McDonald’s: Sheriff”. ‘Gone fishin’ instead of just a wishin’.


40 posted on 09/15/2026 10:13:15 AM PDT by kawhill (Dywedwch + Add translation Welsh-English dictionary 'Tell Us')
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