Reginald Cole, a 50-year-old man from Durham, North Carolina, was tragically found shot to death in a parking lot on June 30, 2016. The incident occurred around 10:20 p.m. at 119 East Cornwallis Road, and Cole was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities launched a homicide investigation shortly after discovering his body.
The investigation led to the arrest of Curtis Marcel Barnette, a 38-year-old man, who was charged with Cole's murder.
Barnette was apprehended on Berry Patch Lane in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, by members of the U.S. Marshals Joint Task Force with assistance from Chapel Hill police on September 6, 2016. Barnette was living with a woman at the address where he was arrested.
The case against Barnette indicated that the shooting did not appear to be random, suggesting a possible motive or connection between the suspect and the victim. The arrest and subsequent charges brought some measure of justice for the loss of Reginald Cole, although the pain of his untimely death remains with his loved ones and the community.
Reginald Cole's ethnicity was not explicitly mentioned in the sources, but his age and gender were consistently reported as 50 years old and male, respectively.
