Officer Killed in Off-Duty Dispute

0:00Captain Adam Bean, a 20-year veteran of the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office, got shot and killed off duty in a Hope Mills neighborhood. Deputies found his body just before 11 p.m., Friday on the 1600 block of Seattle slew lane after a frantic 911 call. It started as a domestic dispute between Bean and another law enforcement officer. That's what investigators are calling you right now, with both men off the clock when things turn deadly. The 911 calls paint a picture of total chaos, a woman named Tara sobbing on the line, begging dispatchers to hurry while insisting the gun was. Secure inside, she could barely get the words out through her tears. A neighbor called, too, reporting multiple gunshots, then spotting a small SUV and pickup truck, pull up with their lights off, adding to the confusion. In those first moments, efforts to save Bean failed, he was already gone by the time help rolled in. As the probe digs deeper into this officer on officer clash, we'll keep watching for answers from the agencies involved.

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