How Nigerian-born boxer, Olugbemi was shot dead by a white male, Giroux

Nicholas Francis Xavier Giroux, 36, has been charged with first-and-second-degree murder in Nigerian-born boxer, Isiah Olugbemi’s death with investigators believing the shooting was targeted, and not random.

Olugbemi was confirmed dead after he was shot multiple times in Odenton, Maryland, US. According to local police, Olugbemi was found on the ground with gunshot wounds along Meadowmist Way in the city on June 17.

CBS News reports that detectives ‘obtained video surveillance footage that showed a white male, later identified as Giroux, walking directly up to Olugbemi with a handgun before shooting him multiple times, and fleeing the scene on foot.’

Police said they interviewed Giroux on June 18 and he confessed to the murder.

CBS NEWS also reports that ‘Abraham Olugbemi, the victim’s brother, said Giroux was Isaiah Olugbemi’s neighbor. He alleges Giroux threatened Isaiah Olugbemi at least two other times with a gun this year; once in January and a second time in June.

‘In the most recent incident, the family member said Giroux cocked a gun in a confrontation with Olugbemi but when police came to investigate, no arrests were made.

‘Maryland court records show Giroux was not charged in connection with the alleged incidents described by a relative.’

The deceased had dreamt of competing professionally.

He considered making that major jump by the end of the year, according to the owner of the Anne Arundel County gym where Olugbemi primarily trained.

“On the amateur level, to take a fighter from knowing nothing from day one when he walked in the gym to three years later, having him win the national Golden Gloves Championship, his coach is devastated,” gym owner Christen Jeter said.