MOORESVILLE, N.C. — A fight over a girl at a party led to a deadly hit-and-run Saturday in Mooresville, Iredell County deputies said.
Deputies responded to Brook Glen Drive after receiving a report that man had been struck by a vehicle. They found 32-year-old Clinton Whitley lying in the road.
Detectives determined that Davidson Hollister hit Whitley with his truck and drove off.
Witnesses told deputies that Hollister and Whitley got into a fight over a girl at a party. Witnesses said the two exchanged words while Hollister was in his truck and then Hollister drove backward into the grass, then forward onto the road, running over Whitley.
Deputies later found Hollister, who is charged with second-degree murder and felony hit-and-run. He appeared before a magistrate and given a $1 million bond.
The investigation is ongoing and additional charges are expected in the case.
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