Wallace Dewayne Rediker, 70, was found fatally shot outside his home on East Beaverdam Road in Centerville, Tennessee, on December 15, 2023. Known as Wayne, he was a deacon at the Centerville Church of Christ, taught Bible classes, assisted with security, served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War, and worked as a truck driver and later a school bus driver. Neighbors remembered him for his generosity, including sharing tomatoes from his garden.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, acting at the request of the 32nd Judicial District Attorney General, identified neighbor David N. Katahn as the person responsible for Rediker’s shooting. Katahn was later found dead from a gunshot wound in his own driveway, and the investigation then focused on Rediker’s son, John E. Rediker. After evidence and witness statements were collected, agents arrested John E. Rediker and charged him with one count of Criminal Homicide in Katahn’s death; he was booked into the Hickman County Jail and held without bond pending his first court appearance.

Are there community members who knew Wayne or who can provide information about events on East Beaverdam Road around December 15, 2023?