Overview
- Columbus Police Chief Elaine Bryant said multiple firearms were seized from Michael McKee’s property, with a preliminary NIBIN ballistic match linking one weapon to evidence from the homicide scene.
- Police said McKee is believed to be the hooded person seen on neighborhood video and that a vehicle in his possession arrived near the Tepes’ home before the shootings and left shortly after.
- McKee, 39, was arrested by ATF agents on Jan. 10 in Rockford, Illinois, is jailed in Winnebago County after waiving extradition, and intends to plead not guilty.
- Authorities described the slayings as a targeted, domestic-violence-related attack; no motive has been disclosed, and the couple’s two young children were found unharmed.
- Investigators noted no forced entry and no firearm recovered at the home, continue to process evidence and tips, and court records list a Jan. 23 hearing in Illinois as McKee awaits transfer to Ohio.