Crime & Safety
Neighbor Charged With Murder In Fatal Odenton Shooting: Reports
A man was charged with killing his Odenton neighbor, reports said. He's accused of threatening the victim multiple times this year.
![The Anne Arundel County Police Department announced Tuesday that it arrested 36-year-old Nicholas Francis Xavier Giroux of Odenton. He's charged with first-degree murder and second-degree murder in the Monday killing of Odenton's Isaiah Oludayo Olugbemi.](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/24287450/20240620/014120/styles/patch_image/public/anne-arundel-county-police-department-11-credit-jacob-baumgart___20125106294.jpg)
ODENTON, MD — Police said they arrested the suspect in this week's fatal Odenton shooting.
Officers announced Tuesday evening that they arrested 36-year-old Nicholas Francis Xavier Giroux of Odenton.
Authorities said Giroux was charged with first-degree murder and second-degree murder in the Monday killing of Odenton man Isaiah Oludayo Olugbemi, 27.
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The Olugbemi family told NBC Washington and WJZ that Giroux was the victim's neighbor.
Relatives said Giroux had confronted them before the shooting, NBC Washington reported.
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The Olugbemi family alleged to WJZ that Giroux threatened the victim at least two other times with a gun this year. Relatives also told WJZ that Giroux had cocked a gun but didn't fire in the last encounter before the shooting, but no arrests were made.
Court records show that Judge Sidney Allen Butcher on Thursday held Giroux without bond. He has a preliminary hearing in Annapolis on July 17.
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Police said they were called Monday to Meadowmist Way and Stehlik Drive around 9:45 p.m. They noted that several residents reported hearing multiple gunshots outside.
Officers said they found the victim on the ground suffering from at least one gunshot wound in the 500 block of Meadowmist Way. That's located in the Lions Gate community.
Authorities said medics took Olugbemi to the University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, where he was later pronounced dead.
This map shows the area where the Anne Arundel County Police Department said the shooting happened.
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