COLUMBUS — A man already serving life in prison for murder has been indicted in a nearly decade-old double homicide in Columbus.
A Franklin County grand jury indicted Yussuf A. Yussuf, 31, on charges of aggravated murder, murder and aggravated robbery in connection with the Jan. 23, 2017, deaths of Caleb Killen and Jawuan Reynolds, both 22. The two men were found shot inside Reynolds’ car, parked outside an apartment building on the 3700 block of Eakin Road in the Wedgewood Village complex.
Reynolds, an aspiring rapper who performed as Fam Staxx, and Killen were best friends, according to reporting at the time of the killings. A 911 caller told police someone had tried to set the car on fire before running off.
A second suspect in the case, Paul Smith, 26, pleaded guilty to felonious assault in September. His sentencing is scheduled for November.
Yussuf is currently held at the North Central Correctional Institution. In April, he was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the June 2021 strangulation death of his girlfriend, Jenay Crawley, 23, whose body was found set on fire near the village of Urbancrest.
No trial date has been set in the double-homicide case.
