Suleeman Osman Abdi, 25, was shot and killed on December 17, 2022, inside an apartment in the 800 block of Wedgewood Drive in Columbus’ Hilltop neighborhood. Police say Abdi was involved in an argument with an unidentified male; the man produced a handgun and fired multiple shots, fatally wounding Abdi. The shooter fled before officers arrived.

The Columbus Division of Police opened an investigation. On January 10, 2023, Mahat Salat, 21, was charged with Abdi’s murder and arrested; he is scheduled for arraignment. The case was recorded as Columbus’s 135th homicide of 2022.

Did anyone in the Hilltop area witness the argument or have information about the events inside the apartment that night?