NC Man Dead, 1 Charged In SC Vacation Home Killing

Police say they learned about a man shot to death at a South Carolina vacation home after another man came to the station and confessed to the killing. Multiple media outlets reported 57-year-old Thomas Shipplett of Ash, N.C., turned himself into North Myrtle Beach police Tuesday night.

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Published: July 4, 2009

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LITTLE RIVER, S.C. (AP) Police say they learned about a man shot to death at a South Carolina vacation home after another man came to the station and confessed to the killing.

Multiple media outlets reported 57-year-old Thomas Shipplett of Ash, N.C., turned himself into North Myrtle Beach police Tuesday night.

Authorities say Shipplett’s story led Horry County police to Little River, where 56-year-old Dale Hammond, of Cerro Gordo, N.C., was found dead outside his vacation home.

The coroner’s office says Hammond was shot several times.

Police won’t say whether Hammond and Shipplett knew each other or what led to the shooting.

Shipplett is charged with murder. Jail officials didn’t know if he had an attorney.