Nicholas Giroux, a 37-year-old man, has been sentenced to life imprisonment plus an additional 20 years for the murder of Nigerian-American boxer, Isaiah Olugbemi, in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
Giroux was sentenced on Friday by Judge Richard Trunnell of the Anne Arundel County Circuit Court after pleading guilty to charges of first-degree murder and using a firearm in a violent crime.
His sentences will be served consecutively in the state’s Division of Corrections.
Olugbemi, a 27-year-old rising star in amateur boxing and father, was fatally shot by Giroux on June 17, 2024, in the 500 block of Meadowmist Way, Odenton.
According to police reports, Olugbemi was found with multiple gunshot wounds and later died at the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.
The autopsy confirmed that the cause of death was homicide by gunfire.
Surveillance footage captured the harrowing moment when Giroux approached Olugbemi and shot him multiple times, before firing three more rounds as Olugbemi fell.
Police recovered 9mm casings from the scene.
Investigators revealed that Giroux had previously confronted Olugbemi and a neighbor during a cookout two weeks earlier, where he had displayed a handgun but did not point it at anyone.
Following the murder, Giroux confessed to the crime during questioning and led authorities to the firearm he used.
Anne Colt Leitess, the State’s Attorney, described the murder as “cruel and senseless,” emphasizing that Olugbemi had a bright future ahead in boxing.
She stated, “Mr. Olugbemi was a father and an emerging talent in the boxing world. The defendant’s utter lack of remorse is deeply disturbing. This sentence brings some measure of justice to his family and friends.”
The case was prosecuted by Assistant State’s Attorney Carolynn Grammas, with homicide detectives from the Anne Arundel County Police Department conducting the investigation.
