CHERRYVILLE, N.C. - Authorities are investigating a deadly shooting.

They say 40 year- old Andy Hartman was shot and killed outside a home on the 100 block of Bates Avenue just after 12:30 a.m. Friday.

A witness identified the shooter as 40 year- old Yates Mauney III.

He was later found outside of the Cherryville city limits dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.