2 men arrested for allegedly shooting and killing brothers in 2008

TAUNTON, Mass. (TCN) -- Two men have been taken into custody and charged with murder for allegedly playing a role in the shooting deaths of two brothers in 2008. The Taunton Daily Gazette reports Steven Fordham and Kaylen Scott were arrested June 27 following a long investigation into the killings of 23-year-old Kevin Vargas and 21-year-old Shawn Vargas. Fordham and Scott are not the only ones charged in connection with the Vargas brothers' death. In May 2021, a man named Keith Cox pleaded guilty to manslaughter armed robbery, while four months later, a jury acquitted another a