BURKE COUNTY, N.C. — The district attorney in Burke County decided that no charges would be filed in connection with a deadly shooting outside a home north of Morganton.
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Sheriff deputies were called to the home along Brown Mountain Road earlier this month after reports of a man being shot and killed.
District Attorney Scott Reilly reviewed the case and believed the shooting was a case of self-defense.
Investigators did not release the name of the man killed or whether the homeowner was involved in that shooting.
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