Overview
- A Franklin County grand jury returned a five-count indictment charging McKee with four counts of aggravated murder and one count of aggravated burglary, including specifications alleging use of a firearm suppressor or automatic weapon.
- Columbus police say a gun seized at McKee’s Illinois property is preliminarily linked through NIBIN to three 9 mm shell casings recovered at the victims’ home, with full forensic testing still pending.
- Surveillance footage and license-plate data tracked a vehicle tied to McKee arriving near the home shortly before the shootings and leaving shortly after, and police believe he is the person seen walking in a nearby alley.
- McKee was arrested Jan. 10 in Rockford, Illinois, waived his right to an extradition hearing, and remains jailed in Winnebago County pending transport to Ohio, with a court date set if transfer does not occur sooner.
- Police describe the killings as a targeted, domestic violence–related attack; there were no signs of forced entry, a weapon was not found at the scene, the couple’s two young children were unharmed, and no motive has been disclosed.