Witness names NC trooper who fatally shot Cumberland Capt. Adam Bean, warrant says
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- A warrant states a witness identified Nekime Oxendine as the shooter of Capt. Adam Bean.
- Oxendine, 43 is a sergeant with the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.
- An SBI agent sought warrants to search vehicles, phones and Bean’s medical records.
A Cumberland County sheriff’s deputy was shot multiple times in front of a Hope Mills home by a North Carolina state trooper, recently released search warrants state.
A month after the March 27 killing of Capt. Adam Bean, law enforcement officials have released few details, saying only that his killing on Seattle Slew Lane stemmed from a domestic dispute between two off-duty officers.
But two warrants obtained by The News & Observer state for the first time publicly that a witness said Bean was shot by Nekime Oxendine.
Oxendine, 43, is a sergeant with the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, where he has worked for 18 years, according to patrol records. He was placed on administrative leave after the shooting, spokesperson Lt. Chris Knox previously told The News & Observer.
No one has been charged in the shooting, said Chad Flowers, spokesperson for the State Bureau of Investigation, which is handling the investigation.
Bean, 42, the Sheriff’s Office assistant chief of detectives, worked for the Sheriff’s Office for nearly two decades. The woman at the center of the domestic dispute also works for the Sheriff’s Office.
A Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson said the woman is a victim of domestic violence, citing that as the reason he wouldn’t release her employment records.
The woman, 43, whom The N&O isn’t naming because she is an alleged victim, also is the sister of Col. Freddy Johnson Jr., the head of the State Highway Patrol.
An N&O investigation earlier this month found that the woman appeared to live with Bean at a Dottie Circle address in Hope Mills before moving to the Seattle Slew Lane address.
The neighborhood is in Hope Mills, about 70 miles south of Raleigh.
What search warrants say happened to Adam Bean
On March 27 at 10:54 p.m. Sheriff’s Office Sgt. R. Wolfe drove to Seattle Slew Lane after a reported shooting, the search warrant says.
He found the woman performing CPR on Bean, who was on his back in the front yard with blood on his chest and left arm, the search warrant states.
The woman said Bean had driven up because he was upset Oxendine’s GMC Sierra pickup was parked at her house.
When Bean arrived, Oxendine walked out of the house with a gun and fired a bullet into the ground, the woman said.
“Moments later, Oxendine fired several times striking Bean,” the woman said, according to the search warrant.
There were multiple vehicles parked in the driveway and on the street in front of the home, the warrant states. Oxendine’s truck was parked in the driveway. Bean’s truck, a 2021 GMC Sierra, was parked in the front of the home.
About the SBI warrants investigating deputy shooting
The warrants says the SBI is investigating charges of first- and second-degree murder. The investigation will review evidence from the scene, electronic devices that may show the location of individuals before and during the shooting, along with conversations before the incident or relevant data.
The woman gave the SBI permission to search the scene, the warrant states.
SBI special agent M.R. Lynn successfully sought one of the warrants to search the men’s trucks. The agent also sought any cell phone in possession of Bean, Oxendine or the woman.
The warrant states that agents collected an Apple iPhone.
The warrant to search the truck was left on the front door of the woman’s Seattle Slew Lane address “due to numerous unsuccessful attempts” to reach the woman, the warrant states.
Lynn also sought access to Bean’s medical records.
This story was originally published April 30, 2026 at 3:58 PM.
