On July 24, 2024, at about 10:40 a.m., 40-year-old Marco Antonio Vargas Arellano of Burlington, North Carolina, was fatally shot inside the Food Lion at 1535 Union Cross Road in Kernersville. Officers who arrived found Arellano with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. He was working as a delivery driver for Utz Brands at the time of the incident.

The suspect, 38-year-old Dillon Randolph Kiger of Kernersville, remained at the scene and was arrested by the Kernersville Police Department. Kiger was charged with general murder and was being held at the Forsyth County Detention Center without bond. Authorities described the incident as isolated and said the motive remains unclear. Friends and colleagues remember Arellano as upbeat and kind-hearted; he is survived by his wife and four children.

If anyone has information that could help the investigation, contact the Kernersville Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division at 336-996-3177.