Barberton Children

David Carpenter-Kohler, 14, and sister Ashley Carpenter, 18, were shot and killed along with their father, John Kohler, while visiting their father on New Year's Eve. Barberton Police Friday said they had arrested two Akron brothers and charged them with three counts of aggravated murder.

(Carpenter Family Photo)

Police arrested 22-year-old Michael Hendon, left, and 30-year-old Eric Hendon Friday. The brothers are charged with three counts of aggravated murder in the death of two Barberton teens and their father in a New Year's Eve attempted robbery.

BARBERTON, Ohio -- Barberton Police Friday announced two Akron brothers have been arrested and charged with three counts of aggravated murder in the New Year's Eve shooting that left two teens and a man dead and a woman critically injured.

Police spokesman Marty Eberhart said in a statement that police arrested Michael Deon Hendon, 22, and Eric Donta Hendon, 30, Friday, after information and evidence collected led them to the brothers who share an address in the 1400 block of Fowler Avenue in Akron.

Eric Hendon had been paroled in June after serving 13 years behind bars for attempted aggravated murder against an Akron woman in 2000.

Police said the brothers went to the apartment in the 300 block of Seventh Street Northeast to rob it of drugs and money.

When they arrived, 18-year-old Ashley Carpenter and 14-year-old David Kohler-Carpenter were spending New Year's Eve with their father, John Kohler and his girlfriend, Ronda Blankenship.

The brothers are accused of shooting all four. The Summit County Medical Examiner Thursday said Ashley and David, who were pronounced dead at the scene, died of gunshot wounds to the head.

Kohler, 42, was kept alive on life support in Akron City Hospital until 3:45 p.m. Friday, when he was pronounced dead, the medical examiner said.

Blankenship remains in critical condition at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland.

Police were led to the Hendons from both information gathered and evidence collected at the scene, Eberhart said.