NC state trooper, Nekime Oxendine, indicted for murder in shooting death of Cumberland Co. Deputy
A North Carolina highway patrol sergeant has been indicted in the murder of a sheriff’s captain following a years-long romantic dispute involving a woman both officers dated, according to authorities. North Carolina State Highway Patrol Sgt. Nekime Matu Oxendine, 44, reportedly shot Cumberland County Sheriff’s Capt. Adam Bean on March 27 outside the woman’s home in Hope Mills following a confrontation between the two men, according to authorities and CityView. Police arrived to find the woman, Tara Lynn Whitman, performing CPR on Bean as Oxendine remained nearby, according to search warrant filings. Bean was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said. The fatal shooting followed years of escalating tension surrounding Whitman’s relationships with both men, state investigators wrote in court filings. According to investigators, Oxendine had displayed persistent jealousy and insecurity over the years regarding Whitman’s connection to Bean. According to the warrant, Whitman began dating...
