A man was arrested in Chapel Hill Tuesday morning in connection with a Durham homicide from earlier this year.

Curtis Marcel Barnette was arrested just before nine o’clock Tuesday morning on Berry Patch Lane in Chapel Hill, according to the US Marshals Joint Fugitive Task Force. The 38-year-old has been charged in the June 30 death of 50-year-old Reginald Cole.

Durham Police say officers found Cole in a parking lot at 119 E Cornwallis Road when responding to a call of shots being fired. Cole was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police said on July 1 that the incident did not appear to be random but did not release any information regarding a suspect. A release from the JFTF says that authorities spent “countless hours on surveillance and conducting interviews” in an effort to locate Barnette. Authorities say a tip came in that Barnette was staying with a female at the aforementioned Chapel Hill address and an arrest warrant was issued on August 29.

JFTF officials say Chapel Hill Police assisted in surrounding and converging on the residence and took Barnette into custody without incident.

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