A man from California has been arrested for allegedly shooting and killing his half-brother, as well as attempting to harm the victim’s children using cooking gas, according to authorities in the state.

Identified as Zackary Brodowski, 32, he faces charges of murder and attempted murder, as reported by the Redlands Police Department.

The incident unfolded early Tuesday morning at an apartment on Kansas Street in Redlands, a city situated in California’s Inland Empire, approximately 60 miles east of Los Angeles.

Police were alerted to shots fired at the Rivera Apartments that morning, according to a press release from the department issued on Christmas Eve.

Upon arrival, officers discovered 36-year-old Aaron Richard Rivera dead, having suffered multiple gunshot wounds, authorities stated.

But the slain man was not the only problem inside the unit.

The gas burners on the kitchen stove had been left on by the defendant, police allege. Meanwhile, the victim’s two children were alone and asleep inside the residence, according to law enforcement.

“Family members and evidence located at the scene indicated the suspect was the victim’s half-brother,” the police department said in the press release identifying Brodowski as the culprit.

Investigators later assessed surveillance camera footage from the apartment complex which showed the defendant immediately fleeing the scene after the shooting occurred, police said. Those video clips also allegedly showed Brodowski leaving the area in a silver 2008 Ford Focus, police added.

As the investigation went on, authorities located the defendant later that same day, according to the police department.

“Detectives were able to locate the suspect and the vehicle at his residence in the 900 block of California Street in Calimesa,” the press release continues. “Detectives and members of the Special Weapons and Tactics team set up surveillance on the residence.”

Eventually, the defendant was arrested without incident, authorities say.

Later, when executing a search warrant at Brodowski’s residence, investigators recovered what they termed “a firearm believed to be the murder weapon and clothing matching the clothing worn at the time of the shooting,” the press release says.

The defendant is currently being detained without bail at the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga.