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Deputy’s Death Sparks Tension Probe | Durham News
A shocking deputy shooting unfolds as new details emerge about Captain Adam Bean’s fatal confrontation with Trooper Sergeant Nekime Oxendine. Bean, a 42-year veteran of the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, allegedly stormed uninvited into a woman’s home — a fellow sheriff’s employee — and became violently agitated upon seeing Oxendine’s car. Witnesses and texts reveal a tangled web of prior romantic entanglements between the woman and both men, with Oxendine reportedly voicing concerns about Bean’s influence. The confrontation escalated when Bean lunged at Oxendine, who fired in…
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