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North Carolina state trooper charged with murder of police captain
Nekime Matu Oxendine accused of first-degree murder of Adam Bean, shot and killed in apparent domestic dispute
A North Carolina state highway patrol trooper has been charged with the murder of the captain of a county sheriff’s office.
Cumberland county Capt Adam Bean was shot and killed on 27 March at a home in the town of Hope Mills. A grand jury on Tuesday indicted Nekime Matu Oxendine, 44, with first-degree murder in Bean’s death, and a judge ordered him held without bond pending the outcome of the case.
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Marina Dunbar · Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 2:23 PM
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Nekime Matu Oxendine accused of first-degree murder of Adam Bean, shot and killed in apparent domestic dispute
A North Carolina state highway patrol trooper has been charged with the murder of the captain of a county sheriff’s office.
Cumberland county Capt Adam Bean was shot and killed on 27 March at a home in the town of Hope Mills. A grand jury on Tuesday indicted Nekime Matu Oxendine, 44, with first-degree murder in Bean’s death, and a judge ordered him held without bond pending the outcome of the case.
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