A social media video maker in Maryland tragically captured on video the gunshot that killed the brother of a promising boxer and young father while he was filming a makeup tutorial Monday night.
Rebecca Olugbemi was showing off her skincare products to the camera at about 9.45pm when gunshots rang out and she stopped dead, eyes wide. Clips posted to X A program by NBC Washington reporters.
Anne Arundel police said the beauty mogul stopped the video and quickly learned that shots had been fired at her brother, 27-year-old Isaiah Olugbemi, outside their Odenton home.
Police said Isaiah sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was rushed to the University of Maryland’s R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Isaiah dreams of becoming a professional boxer and just last month won the 203-pound Golden Gloves national championship. His family He told NBC Washington.
“I want everyone to know what a great father and a great person he was,” Daniel Olugbemi said. “He just wanted to be a great boxer.”
His other passion in life was caring for his 2-year-old son, they said.
“He was always looking out for everybody and making sure everybody was doing well,” Rebecca told a local Washington, D.C. station. “I want people to know that he was just a hard worker. Anything he wanted to do, he pursued.”
The day after the shooting, investigators arrested a neighbor of the Olugbemis, Nicholas Giroux, 36, on suspicion of murder and charged him with first-degree murder and second-degree murder.
Police said the killing appears to have been targeted, and family members said Giroux had previous conflicts with them.
Giroux is scheduled to appear in court for a bail hearing Thursday morning, according to the news station.
“Honestly, I don’t know what justice looks like,” Rebecca said. “I don’t know if there’s anything I can do to make the situation better.”
