2 Are Arrested in Drive-By Shooting of Teen at Home : Investigation: Authorities are still looking for other suspects in Lake Forest slaying.

Authorities have arrested two young men in connection with the drive-by shooting of a Lake Forest youth, who was fatally wounded as he sat in his bedroom talking to his brothers and friends early Sunday morning.

Christopher Michael Womack, 19, of Mission Viejo and Carl E. Stewart, also 19, of Laguna Niguel were booked Monday into Orange County Jail for the murder of 17-year-old Bylon Temal Hanna.

The two suspects are being held in lieu of $250,000 bail each. They will appear today at an arraignment hearing in South Orange County Municipal Court.

Sheriff’s Lt. Richard J. Olson said investigators are still looking for other suspects. They said they believe the shooting was related to an altercation between Hanna, a senior at Mission Viejo High School, and the suspects at a party Friday night.

In an interview Monday, the victim’s father, Eugene Hanna, described how friends and relatives watched helplessly as Bylon died.

Hanna said his son was sitting in his bedroom, talking to his brothers and some friends when three shots rang out. One of the bullets shattered the bedroom window, ripped through the blinds and struck Bylon.

“I hurt, and I hurt bad,” said Hanna, 44, an Irvine city employee and father of seven. “At the same time, I’m mad. I’ve struggled so hard with these kids, try to teach them right and wrong, and something like this happens. How do you explain it?”

“They called Bylon ‘Smilin’ because he was a very happy kid, always smiling,” said Hanna, tears streaming down his face. “He was a laid-back individual. . . . To see him die in front of me, that’s hard, very hard.”

As his children sat around him, Hanna related how the shooting turned a happy family reunion into a tragedy. Last week, Eugene Hanna’s sister, Wyonia, arrived from Florida to spend the holidays with the family. It was their first Christmas together in more than 30 years.

“I’m glad we were here,” Wyonia Hanna said. “We needed family in all this, and we’re all very close.”

Olson declined to say what led investigators to suspect that Womack and Stewart were involved in the shooting. He said the two young men agreed to accompany investigators to sheriff’s headquarters in Santa Ana for separate interviews. They were arrested and booked on suspicion of murder after the interviews were completed, Olson said. He declined to specify the suspects’ roles in the shooting.

Investigators have recovered in Laguna Hills a handgun and a red 1983 Chevrolet Camaro that witnesses saw speeding away from Hanna’s home moments after the shooting, Olson said. He declined to disclose exactly where the evidence was found.

Forensic experts were trying to determine whether the handgun was used in the shooting, Olson said.

He said the Camaro did not belong to any of the suspects in the case. “It belongs to someone who is not even in the state of California at this time,” Olson said.

Olson also declined to elaborate on the Friday night altercation except to say that it involved “a female who was at the party.”

Hanna and his sons said they knew nothing about a dispute at the party, but neighbors said Bylon Hanna and one of his brothers apparently got into a dispute with other youths at a party Friday night.

Jonathan Barnes, a neighbor who consoled members of the family after the tragedy, said Sunday that the family speculated that the shooting was a “retaliation” because Hanna or his brother “danced with the wrong girl at a party.” He said he was unsure of the details of the argument or its outcome but that it involved a “hassle” over dance partners.

The shooting in the 24000 block of Palmek Circle has unsettled residents and leaders of this quiet community, which was inaugurated as Orange County’s 31st city 10 days ago.

Mayor Helen Wilson said one of the City Council’s top priorities would be to negotiate with the Sheriff’s Department for an increase in the number of police patrols.

“We’re in shock over this shooting,” Wilson said. “We’re horrified that this activity is taking place. We’re concerned about the level of public safety we have to offer our residents.”

The Lake Forest shooting came three weeks after two 10th-graders at a Mission Viejo high school were arrested on suspicion of taking part in two drive-by shootings at a home in Rancho Santa Margarita. The students had fired on the house because a youth who used to live in the house apparently owed money to one of the suspects.

“In this day and age kids seem to settle things differently,” Olson said. “Unfortunately, there are a lot of weapons out there and kids choose to deal with their problems in a more violent manner.”