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    NC police identify soldier shot dead outside hotel

    FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina police continue looking for clues in the off-post shooting death of a Fort Bragg soldier from Illinois.

    Fayetteville police they found Pfc. Chad Patrick Dellit lying between two cars near a hotel. He had been shot in the head. Fort Bragg said Friday that the 22-year-old Dellit was from Fulton, Ill., and enlisted in September 2008.

    Police spokesmen did not return calls Sunday to The Associated Press.

    Officers were called to the same area about two hours earlier on Wednesday after someone reported hearing gunshots. The caller reported seeing someone running behind a nearby toy store.

    Fort Bragg officials said Dellit completed advanced individual training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., to be a geospatial engineer. He was assigned to Fort Bragg's 20th Engineer Brigade.

     

    100 comments

    • Sidney  •  8 mths ago
      I have lived in Fayetteville before for 8 years...the crime was already pretty bad. Thank goodness we got stationed somewhere else. I have heard the crime has tripled just in the last four years since we left. R.I.P Soldier!
      • LH 8 mths ago
        We left in 2008. I've heard just about the same: that Fayetteville is just ate up with crime now.

        I'm so relieved I'm not going to Bragg.
      • Shawn 8 mths ago
        Fayettenam?
      • The Prophet 8 mths ago
        Sure it wasn't that way in the late 60s, early 70s when MPs trolled the streets.
    • Spencer  •  8 mths ago
      My condolences to his family. Shooting anyone let alone a soldier who protects and serves this country is not ok.
    • Erik  •  8 mths ago
      wow I can't get over the ignorance of some people. I never post on these things but feel compelled to now. I served in the army for four years with 16 months of that being in Afghanistan. Nobody knows what the situation was that led to him being shot so therefor assumptions should not be made. Heck, maybe he was in with the wrong people prior to joining and part of his decision to serve may have been to better himself and get out of the life he was in. Then he gets a military leave to go home to visit family and some old rival takes him out. The military is full of every type of background. It opened my eyes to the many different lives that are in this world. Everyone has a story. With that being said, just about everyone I knew in the military no matter what branch, all joined to change who they were for the better and to stand for something selflessly. This soldier should be honored and if you do not have anything good to say then you should keep your opinions to yourself. Someday it just may be someone close to you that this happens to and then you have to deal with the assumptions of others that do not know what they are talking about.
      • Yobamma 8 mths ago
        you went the army because your to stupid to be in society..hope you saved your gun. Use it.
      • r t 8 mths ago
        hey erik, don't let these idiots rattle you. seriously, look at this poster "yobamma" -- calls YOU stupid, but doesn't know the difference between "you're" and "your", or "to" and "too".
      • White Rabbit 8 mths ago
        Yobamma is just a racist pig. After reading his comments on his profile, he's just a moron
    • Two'sACrowd  •  8 mths ago
      US soil turns out to be deadlier for this soldier than if he was in Afghanistan or Irag.
    • Steven1NC  •  8 mths ago
      RIP SON & THANK YOU FOR SERVING! And before anyone jumps to conclusions and judges please think....although he was only an E-3 after being in since 2008, no one knows the whole story. I've known people who messed up early in their careers and were not promoted or even lost rank, yet later they matured, rose in rank, and retired after 20 or 23 years of dutiful service to this country.
      • Thomas 8 mths ago
        I was one of those you speak of, made it to top of our enlisted. Not real trouble maker just magnet then.
      • White Rabbit 8 mths ago
        I don't know anything about ranks, he was in the service is all I understand, and lost his life.
    • Snorri Sturluson  •  8 mths ago
      God rest his soul. May the authorities apprehend the killer(s).
    • hadenoughyet  •  8 mths ago
      What a shame.
    • The Phantom Philosopher  •  8 mths ago
      As a society, we are on our way down. The saddest thing is, there are only a few who can see the train wreck coming. The rest are oblivious. And so it goes...
      • omtatsat 8 mths ago
        We are already all the way down.,the lowest class people are on earth. Self centered greed..the american way!
    • Newt luvs the kids  •  8 mths ago
      Hey I'm a veteran only in my 30s so no offense, but you military guys on here need to stop talking about that dead soldier's rank ok?? Like seriously he served and was killed off duty so can he get some recognition or something??
    • Grady  •  8 mths ago
      probably another sorry good for nuttin #$%$ robbing him. And killed a soldier of our country to me this is war here. I hope he is caught , and is executed just as he did this soldier
    • chitos  •  8 mths ago
      random? (think not!, targeted think yes, ! made enemies more then likely?!) hope clues come soon? or will go into the cold files! bring in the military version of C.S.I R.I P (hate to see any soldier die like that)
    • ivan  •  8 mths ago
      #$%$ shame another young wasted life...RIP
    • Rob  •  8 mths ago
      i served with this soldier and i knew him as a friend and i can tell anyone who reads this comment that Dellit was a great person, friend, and soldier and he will be missed by many
    • David  •  8 mths ago
      Yes,soldiers when you come back to the states keep your bullet proof vest and M-16 on you,because it is dangerous out here.May you RIP my brother.
    • Patricia S  •  8 mths ago
      This is so sad. R I P soldier. Please people, this is a 22 year old young man you are posting about. Have compassion. At 22 you are still figuring things out, and finding your way. So what if his rank was not what you thing it should be. No matter his rank, time in the service, or anything else, nobody deserves to die by getting shot in the head. RIP soldier, you will be missed by your family friends and fellow soldiers.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  8 mths ago
      It obvious by the stupid comments that this country has gone to hell. A young soldier has been murdered and aIl I see is disrespectful comments. As for as his rank, there have been plenty of soldiers that have been demoted and later acheived the grade of E9.
    • Morpheous  •  8 mths ago
      I wonder what a geospatial engineer does.
    • skye  •  8 mths ago
      Horrible!
    • david l  •  8 mths ago
      someone will get that #$%$
    • joe  •  8 mths ago
      this is incredible, i've never heard of a shooting in America before Columbine! (except gang shootings) since then, a dozen incidents like this is popping up more and more due to people who explode with insanity! what is happening to us? is there something in the water??
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