Two men were arrested in connection with the murders of two brothers in Taunton, Massachusetts, back in 2008, the Bristol County District Attorney's Office said Friday.
Steven Fordham, 38, and Kaylen Scott, 36, were indicted Thursday after a lengthy jury investigation, according to District Attorney Thomas Quinn, who said both men were charged with two counts of murder.
On Feb. 24, 2008, at about 2 p.m., Shawn and Kevin Vargas were shot to death in Kevin's Somerset Avenue apartment, Quinn said.
Shawn's two sons, then just 2 and 4 years old, were present when the shooting happened, according to authorities. They weren't injured.
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Investigators believe Fordham and Scott were the gunmen in the shooting. They were both held without bail during their arraignments at Fall River Superior Court on Friday.
Two other men were previously tried in the case back in 2021, WJAR reports. One was acquitted and the second, Keith Cox, was convicted of two counts of manslaughter and one count of armed robbery in May 2021.
