Columbus police have issued arrest warrants for two men and are seeking two more in connection with a double-fatal shooting early Wednesday that ended a home invasion which lasted nearly 10 hours at a West Side apartment building.

Officers were called to the 800 block of Wedgwood Drive near Briggs Road in the Wedgewood Village apartment complex at 1:48 a.m. Wednesday on a report of a shooting in a second-floor apartment.

Abdul Cadir Ali Yussef, 19, was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:10 a.m. by paramedics. Mohamed Ali Mohamed, 26, was initially listed in extremely critical condition and transported to Mount Carmel West Hospital, where he later died from his injuries at 12:03 p.m.

Two other male victims in the apartment were injured. Mulhidin Haji, 22, was transported to OhioHealth Doctor's West hospital with moderate injuries after he was pistol whipped. Omar Mohamed Omar, 21, was injured after he jumped out of a second-story window to escape, but he was not transported.

In addition, 27-year-old Ashley Tucker was wounded when bullets from the shooting in the apartment above went through the floor into her first-floor apartment unit. She was taken to Mount Carmel West Hospital, where she was listed in stable condition.

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Arrest warrants have been issued for 35-year-old Desmond Lemelle Webster and 22-year-old Julius Ledale Anderson, who both face aggravated murder charges and likely other charges. SWAT officers and police were actively searching for them Wednesday night.

"They are to be considered armed and dangerous," Sgt. Jeff Strayer, who oversees the third-shift homicide unit, said in a released statement.

Police are also looking for two more suspects who have not been identified.

It's unclear what motivated the home invasion or triggered the shooting inside the apartment. "It was not random," Strayer said.

A neighbor had called 911 on a few men breaking into a neighboring apartment. She told The Dispatch that while police officers were on the scene investigating, they all heard the gunshots coming from the apartment in the 800 block of Wedgewood.

A stolen white Toyota Prius suspects used to flee the area was found hours later about 3 miles away from the apartment. The car had been torched when it was abandoned in the 1600 block of Rosemont Avenue. Strayer said the Prius was owned by one of the shooting victims.

Wednesday's deaths mark a total of six homicides at the apartment complex this year — all occurred in three double-fatal shootings.

In January, Jawuan Lamont Wade Reynolds, who also went by the stage name Fam Staxx, and his best friend, Caleb Jordan Killen, were found fatally shot inside Killen’s car at Wedgewood Village.

In April, 25-year-old Omar Abdulkadir Ali and 21-year-old Mohamed Noor "Deq" Mohamed were killed outside an apartment building on Wedgewood Drive.

The apartment complex is owned by Wedgewood Village 2010, which is based in Detroit. Jim Fogler, property manager for the complex, previously told The Dispatch that the property owner has surveillance cameras and private security. The complex also has two Columbus police officers working special duty seven nights a week. Fogler did not return a phone call seeking comment.

Police officers were still guarding the scene Wednesday night with a cruiser parked on the grass, holding up yellow crime-scene tape to the entrance of the apartment building where the shooting occurred.

Mohamed Yusuf, 34, was sitting on an apartment stoop across the street, smoking a cigarette Wednesday afternoon. He happened to be out smoking during the early morning hours when he heard the commotion

"I heard a whole lot of shots," Yusuf said.

Yusuf, who immigrated from Somalia, has lived in the apartment complex for more than four years after moving from Milwaukee. He said he doesn't know what has fueled the recent spike in homicides.

"I keep to myself. I don't socialize," Yusuf said. "It's crazy."

Another Somali immigrant, Ali Abdi, 22, accompanied his family when they moved to Wedgewood Village apartments two weeks ago from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

"I have never seen anything like this," Abdi said of the crime scene across the street.

Anyone with information about the home invasion is asked to call police at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS.

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