Texas man charged with capital murder after Wi-Fi fight ends in two deaths

McGee was taken into custody at his home Friday afternoon, according to police, and booked into the Angelina County Jail on a capital murder charge. His bond sits at $2 million. The charge is capital because two people died in the same criminal episode, authorities said.

The victims, Maria Davalos, 62, and her son Ariel Arellano Jr., 32, were found shot to death on October 23 in their duplex in Lufkin, roughly 157 miles southeast of Dallas. Officers responded to a 911 call placed by another son and brother of the victims. Both died of gunshot wounds.

Police Chief Travis Brazil said investigators identified McGee as the main suspect and kept working the case until they had enough for an arrest warrant and a second search warrant on his home, KTRE reported. A gun recovered there was matched to the homicides. Shell casings from the scene were compared to the weapon, and the ATF's National Integrated Ballistic Information Network in Houston confirmed the match, per the Lufkin Daily News.

As detectives interviewed people during the investigation, every one of them — McGee included — described arguments over Wi-Fi that preceded the shootings. Authorities said McGee and the victims lived side-by-side in the duplex, though they have not detailed what specifically sparked the dispute or released further information about the shooting.