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Trevor Bare

Death by Force
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Trevor Bare, a 24-year-old White male, was shot on the morning of August 7, 2015, at an apartment house near 43rd and Marcy Streets in Omaha and died shortly afterward at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Police quickly identified a suspect and took 60-year-old James Cotton into custody that day; Cotton was held without bail and charged with first-degree murder. Bare’s family said he was a father of three.

Investigators described simmering friction between Bare and Cotton in t ...Read More
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  • Father of three shot and killed; suspect in custody - KETV
  • Guilty verdict in 2015 murder - WOWT
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    Victim Details

    Trevor Bare

    Male

    White / Caucasian

    Omaha

    NE

    2015-08-07

    24

    Trevor

    Bare

    11/29/2025

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