COLUMBUS, Ohio -
Columbus police homicide detectives are investigating a fatal shooting that
occurred on the city's southwest side late Wednesday night.
According to Columbus police, a woman called 911 to report that her husband
had been shot in the home in the 2200 block of Eakin Road at about 11:16 p.m.
Wednesday.
Responding officers and medic personnel arrived at the home and found
39-year-old Larry A. Sigman II had been shot multiple times in the abdomen.
Larry was transported to Mount Carmel West Hospital where he later died at
4:20 a.m. Thursday, according to detectives.
Larry's wife, Gaylene Sigman, told police she and her husband were watching
a movie inside their southwest Columbus home when they heard two men knock on
their door. Gaylene says the couple ignored the first knocks. The suspects
knocked on the door a second time and Larry went to answer it. That's when
Gaylene heard several gunshots.
Gaylene ran to investigate and found her husband had been shot in the
stomach.
"Larry always answers the door with his gun, I don't care; and next
thing I know, he's yelling: ‘Honey, I've been shot. Call 911.' I called 911 and
he was just gasping for air," said Gaylene. "I never thought this day
would come I thought we would grow old together and everything," said
Gaylene.
She says that she and Larry had been married for 13 years. She says she and Larry
had two sons who worked with Larry at Eakin Road Tire Shop, a family shop.
Gaylene says Larry had the reputation of being the kind of man who would do
anything for anyone.
"He helps anybody in the neighborhood – I mean anybody that needs help, he's
there to help. He's a good guy. For this to happen is, wrong," said neighbor
Kathy Seagraves
Homicide detectives say they have recovered a gun and several shell casings
at the scene.
There are no suspects at this time and it is unclear what the motive of the
shooting is.
"I hope they find them I really do and put them away because they took
my husband and he was a good man," said Gaylene.
Anyone
with information about this homicide is encouraged to call detectives with the
Columbus police homicide unit at 614-645-4730.
