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Shamieke Pugh Charged With Murder After Confessing to 2012 Columbus Shooting
Read the full articleCourt records state the 36-year-old traveled from Los Angeles to Ohio before approaching police about a deadly robbery on Lockbourne Road.
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A 36-year-old man who traveled from California to central Ohio is in custody and charged with murder after approaching Columbus police officers and confessing to his role in a fatal 2012 robbery, according to Franklin County court records cited in local reporting.
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A 36-year-old man is in custody after he approached Columbus Division of Police officers and confessed to a 2012 homicide, according to Franklin County court records.
According to a Columbus Division of Police arrest affidavit filed in Franklin County Municipal Court, Shamieke Pugh arrived in Columbus from Los Angeles on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026 affidavit states.
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An affidavit states that Shamieke Pugh arrived in Columbus from Los Angeles on Tuesday, when he approached officers asking to speak with detectives about a homicide.
The police affidavit states that during the interview, Pugh admitted to detectives that he shot Raymundo Lopez multiple times, killing him, as part of a robbery carried out with a "group of known individuals" records state.
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Early Wednesday, the affidavit states, Pugh admitted to detectives that he shot Raymundo Lopez multiple times, killing him, as part of a robbery with a "group of known individuals."
Pugh told investigators that the group had planned to rob Lopez and another man, identified in court documents as Heriberto Galeana-Galvan the affidavit notes.
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The group had planned to rob Lopez and another man, identified as Heriberto Galeana-Galvan.
On Dec. 31, 2012, Columbus police officers responded to a shooting after a maintenance worker found two men wounded inside a detached garage in the 900 block of Lockbourne Road records show.
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Previous reporting from 10TV stated the victims were found by a maintenance worker.
Officers arrived at the scene and confirmed that Lopez and Galeana-Galvan had suffered fatal gunshot wounds, dying from their injuries inside the garage court documents state.
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On Dec. 31, 2012, court documents state that officers found two men, identified as Lopez and Galeana-Galvan, with gunshot wounds inside a garage in the 900 block of Lockbourne Road. They had died from their injuries.
Pugh was booked into the Franklin County Jail and is scheduled to appear in Franklin County Municipal Court for an initial arraignment on Thursday morning, Oct. 1 court records state.
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Pugh is set to appear for arraignment Thursday morning.
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The sudden confession provides new developments in a double homicide case that had remained unresolved for nearly 14 years following the 2012 incident.
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A man is in custody after allegedly traveling to Ohio to confess to a homicide that happened nearly 14 years ago.
Man charged with murder after admitting to 2012 Columbus homicide, officials say
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Following his interview with detectives early Wednesday, Pugh was arrested and formally charged with murder in connection with Lopez's death, officials announced according to court and police filings.
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A Columbus man was arrested and charged with murder after he reportedly confessed his involvement in a 2012 double homicide, officials said.