Warren Hudson is now detailing the hours after he and his friends left Horn Island on July 4, while reacting to the viral pool party photo showing Nolan Xavier Wells.
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Warren Hudson Details What He & His Friends Allegedly Did After Leaving Horn Island
In part three of Warren Hudson’s sit-down interview, published via Officer Tatum’s YouTube channel, Tatum asks the teen to explain how he became concerned about Wells after he and the others left the island. In response, Hudson explained that “running in” from the island was “very chaotic,” presumably due to the group’s issue with the boat allegedly taking on water.
“If the boat doesn’t get in, then no one gets in,” Hudson said.
Furthermore, he explained that after docking the boat on shore, he went back to a “buddy’s house.” There, they ate and “napped for a little bit.” Afterward, Hudson said he and the friend went to a girl’s house, who was having a Fourth of July party with “fireworks and stuff.”
“So we all went over there, and swam, and you know, hang out,” Hudson said.
He Speaks On Viral Pool Party Photo Showing Nolan Xavier Wells
At that point, Officer Tatum brought up the photo that had gone viral earlier this month, showing Nolan Wells in a pool surrounded by several individuals. As The Shade Room previously reported, the photo turned heads because it was initially labeled as being taken during the early hours of July 5. To note, another alleged friend of Wells, Tracestin Shephed, previously asserted that the photo was actually taken on June 27.
“That picture is taken on June 27,” Hudson said. “A week before the Fourth of July, we all went to a friend of ours… Nolan was in that picture. And if you look in that picture, my arm is around him. And that was a week before the Fourth of July.”
Circling back to the series of events on July 4, Hudson said that Wyatt mentioned Wells. In response, he asked if anyone had heard from him, to which everyone declined.
“It’s a little bit concerning. I mean, I’m not freaking out or anything. But I’m trying to find out where Nolan is,” Hudson recalled.
At that point, he allegedly texted Wells’ friend Javaughn. This, to ask for Wells’ mom’s phone number. Once he received it, he called her and informed her of the situation and that he was going to call the Coast Guard. Hudson noted that this was around 11 pm.
“My friends and I have been on the water our whole life. Stuff happens. People die all the time. I know people who have died out there. It’s a fun place to be, but it’s also dangerous if you’re not handling it right,” Hudson said. “I’m thinking, I’d rather be safe than sorry. I’d rather call the Coast Guard 100 times and lose my mind over it, and my buddy be okay, than not, and me not know where he is and he not be okay.”
Warren Hudson Has Been Recapping The Disappearance Of Nolan Xavier Wells In New Interview
As The Shade Room previously reported, Warren Hudson broke his silence in an interview that began being released through Officer Tatum’s YouTube channel earlier this week. During the conclusion of part 3, Hudson explained that he woke up on July 5, “freaked out,” finding out that Wells was missing.
He alleged that he and his family took a boat out to Horn Island to look for Wells. But by that time, multiple agencies were searching the island and nearby landmasses. On July 6, once he heard that Wells’ body was found, he allegedly “broke down” and “cried.”
“It was really, really hard on me… it was traumatic,” he said. “…I can’t even put into words how upset I was.”
Per Hudson, on July 7, he spoke with the police, telling “everything [he] knew.”
“Everybody cooperated with police, fully,” he said. “We were fully cooperative.”
As the interview concluded, Tatum asked Hudson about the role of race in the case. This, to which Hudson responded that Wells never felt “uncomfortable” around him and his friends. And if he did, he wouldn’t have hung out with them.
