In the early evening hours of Tuesday, November 4, 2025, the life of David A. Phillips, a 47-year-old man from Boomer, North Carolina, was tragically cut short. Deputies from the Wilkes County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to a residence on Happy Trails Lane in the Boomer community following a report of a disturbance involving an individual attempting to break into a home. While on their way to the scene, law enforcement received a grim update from county communications: a shooting had just t
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