TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) — A prosecutor is seeking the death penalty for two men accused in the shooting death of a Cherokee County rancher during a home invasion.
District Attorney Brian Kuester filed a court document requesting the death penalty on Thursday.
Twenty-five-year-old Paul Newberry and 23-year-old Cheyenne Watts are charged with first-degree murder in the July death of 88-year-old Charley Kirk. Kirk's body was found in his home in Keys.
Investigators have said that they believe he was killed when he interrupted a burglary at his home.
Both men also face additional charges of robbery with a weapon, first-degree attempted arson, larceny of an automobile and third-degree arson.
Attorneys listed for Newberry and Watts did not immediately return calls from The Associated Press.