Columbus Police Investigating Deadly Shooting at Victory Drive Hotel
Columbus Police are investigating a fatal shooting that happened Sunday night at the Budgetel Inn & Suites on Victory Drive. Officers were called to the hotel around 7:19 p.m. on November 16 and found 31-year-old Xavier Igus with a gunshot wound.
EMS took Igus to Piedmont Columbus Regional, where he died a short time later. An emergency room doctor pronounced him dead at 8:04 p.m.
The department’s Violent Crimes Unit responded and is leading the investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Cpl. Crystal Talley at 706-225-3161 or talley.crystal@columbusga.org. Tips can be submitted anonymously.
