Iraq veteran Billy Chad Dellinger died of gunshot wounds

Hickory man accused of killing Iraq veteran is arrested
November 21, 2012
Richard Gould
Hickory Daily Record

HICKORY -- The man accused of shooting and killing a veteran of the Iraq war at a party early Tuesday morning was arrested and charged with first-degree murder Tuesday night.

Maurice Centel Mayfield, 22, of Hickory, turned himself in at the Hickory police Department just before 5 p.m.

Police said they were told that Mayfield and Billy Chad Dellinger argued, and Mayfield left the party. Mayfiled returned with a handgun, and Dellinger was shot in the torso at about 3:40 a.m., police said.

Dellinger, 35, of Hickory, was rushed to Frye Regional Medical Center where he underwent emergency surgery. Initially listed in critical condition, Dellinger died of his wounds later in the day.
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