Deputies investigating shooting at home in Caldwell County

CALDWELL COUNTY, N.C. — The Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a man was shot multiple times at a home west of Lenoir.

Deputies said the incident occurred along Carrie Place Thursday afternoon.

Channel 9′s Dave Faherty learned that deputies are questioning a woman in connection with this shooting.

Deputies said it may have been a case of self-defense after they found signs of forced entry at the home. They also received a trespassing call the night before the shooting that involved the same person who died.

The family of the man who died, Kyle Caudill, said he had been in a previous relationship with the woman who killed him. They said they just wanted to know what led up to the shooting.

“This should have never happened. He should still be in California,” Scott Williams, Caudill’s stepfather, said.

Caudill’s family told Channel 9 that he had recently returned from California for substance abuse treatment and had been staying at the home.

They said he came back from California because the woman, who’s accused of killing him, had asked him to and paid for his airline ticket.

Williams said he is struggling with forgiveness.

“The Bible teaches you to forgive, and you have to. But I also want the truth to be known. It shouldn’t just be cut and dried; he was trying to break in. He was in love with her, and unfortunately, it cost him his life,” Williams elaborated.

Deputies said they were speaking with the other people who were at the home at the time of the shooting.

The woman being questioned is also cooperating with law enforcement, according to deputies.

Neighbors told Channel 9 that they believed the woman had the right to protect herself, and that area of the county is some distance from the sheriff’s office.

“You should have been going into someone else’s house when she told him not to be there. Because this is in the middle of nowhere, there are no nearby stores. I’m surrounded by woods. And if somebody comes into my house, if I had a gun, I would shoot them,” one neighbor said.

Deputies said they had recovered the handgun used in the shooting. They have some more interviews to do in the case before meeting with the district attorney early next week.

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