A Columbus man faces murder charges after opening fire inside a Buena Vista Internet cafe Wednesday evening, killing his ex-girlfriend and another man, police said.
Police say Eric Vann Huguley, 26, stepped inside Joycom Internet Sweepstakes, 4105 Buena Vista Road, around 7:10 p.m. and began firing. Two people 31-year-old Rebecca Shanna Wyatt and 25-year-old Fredrick Lamar Brown were struck multiple times.
Emergency responders found Wyatt, a cafe employee, on the floor of the business office and Brown on the lobby floor. Both were taken to The Medical Center, where Coroner Bill Thrower pronounced Wyatt dead, reports state.
The second victim died during the night, so hell be charged with two murders, Lt. John McMichael said of Huguley.
Both died from multiple gunshot wounds, said Deputy Coroner Freeman Worley.
A witness to the shooting identified the suspect. Police later learned that the suspect was at the Motel 6, 3050 Victory Drive. Officers went to the motel and took Huguley into custody without incident, McMichael said.
Huguley was booked into the Muscogee County Jail at 3:40 a.m. Thursday on charges of murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The assault charge will be upgraded to murder, McMichael said.
Court records state Huguley pleaded guilty in 2005 to possession/manufacture/distribution of a controlled substance, use of a communication facility in the commission of a crime and Violation of the Georgia Controlled Substance Act. He was sentenced to five years in prison, followed by five on probation.
Huguley is scheduled for Columbus Recorders Court at 9 a.m. Friday.















