UPDATE: 4th arrest made in slayings of 2 Louisville teenage brothers

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – A 19-year-old man is now the fourth person facing murder charges in the slayings of two teenagers who were tied up and stabbed weeks after investigators believe they witnessed a separate killing in Louisville.

News outlets report Tieren Coleman, of Louisville, was arrested Wednesday. He had been indicted last week in the May 22 stabbing deaths of 16-year-old Maurice “Reece” Gordon and his 14-year-old brother Larry Ordway.

Authorities believe Coleman, 26-year-old Brice Rhodes, 18-year-old Jacorey Taylor and a 15-year-old boy killed the brothers because they thought the boys would tell police about the May 4 shooting death of 41-year-old Christopher Jones, which the teens witnessed. The brothers’ bodies were dumped behind an abandoned Louisville home.

Rhodes, Taylor and the 15-year-old have also been accused in Jones’ slaying.

Brice Rhodes (Photo Courtesy: Louisville Metro Corrections)

A mugshot for Jacorey Taylor was not immediately available.

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5/25/16 12:53 p.m.

Police have charged a man and a juvenile in connection to the killing of two teens found in Louisville’s Shawnee neighborhood.

Louisville Metro Police Lt. Todd Kessinger tells local media that 25-year-old Brice Rhodes and a juvenile have both been arrested and charged in connection to the killings. Rhodes faces murder charges for the homicides.

The Coroner’s Office says the bodies of 16-year-old Maurice Gordon and 14-year-old Larry Ordway were found dead with multiple stab wounds and badly burned in the backyard of a vacant home. The victims were brothers. Authorities believe the boys were killed at a different location and then moved to the vacant home.

Kessinger says the two boys knew Rhodes. He declined to comment on possible motive.

It’s unclear if Rhodes has an attorney.

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