North Carolina state trooper allegedly guns down fellow cop involved in heated love triangle

A North Carolina state trooper allegedly gunned down a fellow cop after a years-long love triangle turned deadly, according to reports.

Sgt. Nekime Oxendine was indicted by a grand jury on first-degree murder charges on Wednesday for allegedly shooting Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office Cap. Adam Bean dead outside a Hope Mills home on March 27, WRAL reported.

North Carolina State Highway Patrol trooper Nekime Oxendine was indicted on first-degree murder charges on Tuesday for fatally shooting Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office Cap. Adam Bean in late March. N.C. State Highway Patrol

Bean — a 42-year-old cop who worked with the sheriff’s department for nearly two decades — was allegedly shot by Oxendine in the front yard of a woman both cops had been romantically linked to, the outlet reported.

When deputies arrived on scene, the woman, who is not named since she is a domestic violence victim, desperately tried to perform CPR on Bean, but he later succumbed to his injuries.

The woman, who also works for the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, dated Oxendine before entering a long-term relationship with Bean, according to text search warrants obtained by News & Observer.

Text messages spanning 2022 and 2023 revealed that while she was dating Oxendine, the longtime State Highway Patrol trooper repeatedly “questioned and accused her” of having a tryst with Bean, the outlet reported.

“I see u have been talking to Adam!!! Best Wishes!!!” Oxendine texted the woman in July 2022, according to one search warrant. “Better tell that [expletive] to get ready too!!!”

She later dated Bean and lived with him until December 2025 — three months before he was fatally shot.

The woman, who also works for the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, was in a long-term relationship with Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office Cap. Adam Bean. Cumberland County Sheriff's Office

Text messages showed that the woman reconciled with Oxendine in February and March of this year, the outlet reported.

The texts showed that Oxendine asked the woman whether Bean was more attractive than he was, and accused the officer of still having “the key” to her heart, a warrant said.

The woman told Oxendine that she wanted to build a future with him, but the trooper continued to question her commitment to the relationship up until a week before the deadly shooting.

Bean then asked the woman to meet him at his house after work to talk, but after initially agreeing, she changed her mind and stopped responding, the outlet reported.

The cop ultimately decided to come to her house, though she begged him not to. He later arrived at the woman’s home and asked her to come outside, stating that if she didn’t, he would blow his car horn and make a scene.

The woman then went outside, and Oxendine followed — spurring Bean to hop out of his vehicle and “move aggressively” toward the trooper, the warrant said.

Oxendine fired two rounds into the ground, but Bean kept walking toward him. The heated trooper then fired several shots at Bean, causing him to collapse to the ground, according to the document.

Oxendine was placed on administrative leave and is currently being held behind bars without bail.

“The Patrol respects the integrity of the judicial process and our system of laws that we all hold dear. This is a difficult and tragic event for all involved. While this criminal investigation has moved forward, the Patrol has been conducting a separate internal investigation,” The North Carolina State Highway Patrol told WRAL.

“That investigation is continuing and Sgt. Oxendine remains on administrative duty pending the outcome of the internal investigation.”

He is slated to return to court in November.