SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. — One of two suspects accused of killing two people and setting their Cumberland County home on fire in February will face the death penalty if convicted, prosecutors announced on Tuesday.
Larry Burns was formally arraigned on charges of criminal homicide, arson, criminal conspiracy, and other offenses related to a Feb. 23 incident where two people were found dead inside a burning home in Southampton Township, according to the Cumberland County District Attorney's Office.
Prosecutors in the case filed a Notice of Aggravating Circumstances, stating their intention to seek the death penalty if Burns is convicted of first-degree murder.
Burns and his alleged co-conspirator, Cordaryl Burns, are accused of shooting and killing Frankie Dean Thomas, 37, of Fayetteville, and Eddie Lee Shaw, 54, of Chambersburg, inside a home on the 100 block of Neil Road, then setting the home on fire.
Cordaryl Burns has been charged with criminal homicide- murder in the first degree, arson, person not to possess a firearm, criminal conspiracy and additional charges.
Further details in the case have not been released at this time.
Both suspects fled the state after the incident and were apprehended in March by members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force.
Larry Burns was captured in Lumberton, North Carolina, while Cordaryl Burns was apprehended in Detroit.
Cordaryl Burns is scheduled to be formally arraigned on Oct. 10. He remains incarcerated without bail.
Larry Burns is currently scheduled for a pre-trial Conference in September, according to Cumberland County prosecutors.
