LILLINGTON — A Cameron man has been charged with first-degree murder in the Thursday shooting death of his girlfriend.

Gregory A. Cole, 30, is accused of killing Dena L. Luedka, 29, the Harnett County Sheriff's Office said.

About 10:15 p.m., deputies responded to a shooting on Sanatra Drive, the couple's home. Sanatra Drive is off Hillmon Grove Road, about two miles south of N.C. 24-27.

Luedka appears to have been shot to death outside the residence as the result of a domestic incident, the Sheriff's Office said. An autopsy is scheduled to determine the cause of death.

Cole is being held without bail in the Harnett County Detention Center.

Nancy McCleary