5:30 PM UPDATE:
Statement from Columbus police:
Local law enforcement officers investigating the death of Cassondra M. Wilson were notified by IMPD that her former husband, Troy A. Wilson, 44, was found deceased in Indianapolis earlier this afternoon. Investigators advised that Mr. Wilson was a person of interest in the ongoing death investigation of his ex-wife who was shot and killed at a Columbus apartment complex last night.
5:15 P.M. UPDATE:
Friends and colleagues were stunned and grief-stricken to learn that a prominent Columbus businesswoman was shot to death Friday night at a west-side Columbus apartment complex.
Columbus police identified the victim as Cassondra M. Wilson, 45, of Columbus, who police said died at 3773 Picea Place in the Spruce Ridge Apartments. An investigation is continuing, police said, and an autopsy is scheduled for today at Columbus Regional Hospital.
Wilson was chief executive officer of TrainerConnect in Columbus, a company providing in-depth training opportunities for companies including Cummins, Inc., Enkei and other local large manufacturing facilities. She was also appointed by the Indiana governor as a member of the Minority Business Council for the State of Indiana, serving as its commissioner for southern Indiana.
Former Columbus Mayor Fred Armstrong met Wilson working at Ivy Tech Community College in Columbus, saying he knew right off that she was “sharp as a tack and so easy to talk to — just a nice human being.”
Describing her as a “very smart lady,” Armstrong said Wilson worked very hard to create her TrainerConnect business, which just had its ribbon cutting for a grand opening which he attended a few months ago at its new office space on Central Avenue.
He described her as a wonderful mom with a deep love for family, saying Wilson had built her life around her family, especially her three children.
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4 P.M. UPDATE:
The woman killed in last night’s shooting at a Columbus apartment building has been identified as Cassondra M. Wilson, 45, of Columbus. The investigation into her death is ongoing.
ORIGINAL STORY
Columbus, Ind. — Columbus police and local law enforcement are investigating the death of a woman who was shot and died at a west-side Columbus apartment complex Friday night.
Columbus police officers were sent to the 3700 block of Picea Place at the Spruce Ridge Apartments at 9 p.m. about the death of a woman who had been shot.
Officers found an adult female inside an apartment there who was dead, said Lt. Matt Harris, Columbus Police Department spokesman.
The incident is being investigated by the Bartholomew County Death Investigation Team which consists of officers and detectives from the Columbus Police Department, Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department, and Indiana State Police as well as representatives from the Bartholomew County Prosecutor’s Office and the Bartholomew County Coroner’s Office.
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