Who was Brian Waddill? Wiki, Biography, Age, Family, Cause of Death

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A 33-year-old Florida man who was captured on camera last year killing a shark with a hammer as he was fishing at the beach will not spend any time in jail for the heinous crime.According to court documents analyzed by Law & Crime, Judge Kimberly L. Musselman of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court ordered Brian Waddill to serve a 12-month probationary period during which he would also be forbidden from engaging in any fishing activity.

Musselman also mandated that Waddill complete the shore-based shark fishing training offered by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) within 11 months, donate $250 to the Brevard County Zoo, and fork over $336 in court expenses and fees. In accordance with court records, FWC officers responded to a call about a man bashing a shark with a hammer at Bicentennial Beach in Indian Harbor Beach at 3:02 p.m. on December 20, 2022.

Brian Waddill Age

Brian Waddill is 59 years old.

Brian Waddill Cause of Death

At the scene, the caller's eyewitness described to the responding officer how he had just saw a Caucasian man with blonde hair "repeatedly striking a shark after reeling it in." The witness claimed he left before learning what happened to the shark, but he did inform the officer that he had videotaped the incident and shown him the video from his iPhone.

About 15 minutes later, the officer located Waddill and approached him for a conversation.The officer stated in the affidavit, "As soon as I spoke with Mr. Waddill, I was able to determine that he captured a shark, which he described as a Black Tip, and later "harvested" the shark. I told Mr. Waddill during our conversation that he would have kept the shark if he had harvested it. The state's interpretation of "harvest" was not one that Mr. Waddill agreed with.

The officer then described what he observed on camera to Waddill, telling him that the shark was caught, reeled in, and given "blunt force to the shark's head" before being released back into the sea. According to a report from the FWC, Waddill eventually flipped the shark over and "used the claw portion of the hammer to rip out the shark's fins."

"Waddill allegedly stated that he did not require a fishing license because he was qualified for food stamps when questioned if he had one. He was unable to provide his SNAP (food stamp) benefit card when requested, according to the affidavit.The species was later determined to be a lemon shark by a specialist.

He was first charged with failing to release a shark without causing needless injury and one count of possessing a restricted species. A beachside restaurant's video of the beating rapidly went viral. When Waddill captures a lemon shark, it depicts him fishing on the sand.