On Sunday, December 21, 2025, 28-year-old David Ray Ivey Jr was shot and killed at a residence on Dudley Lane in Chadbourn, North Carolina. The shooting happened while a woman and a child were inside the home; first responders arrived but David had sustained fatal injuries and died that day.

Authorities identified and arrested William Cody Inman in connection with the killing. Inman was charged with first-degree murder in David’s death and with two counts of discharging a weapon into an occupied property, reflecting the risk posed to the other occupants during the incident.

David, born February 14, 1997 in Columbus County, is survived by his parents Contina Tina Buffkin and David Ray Ivey Sr, his two young sons Lawson Ray Ivey and Callan Case Ivey, and siblings Kaylyn and Lane. A memorial service was scheduled at Worthington Funeral Home.

If anyone knew David or was at Dudley Lane that day, does anyone have information that could help explain what happened?