The suspect in Easter Sunday’s shooting at a Salemtown restaurant has been arrested. A social media post from Nashville police says officers with a special investigative unit found Anton Rucker in Princeton, Ky., on Tuesday night.
Officers say Rucker surrendered without incident and is being held in a Kentucky jail. He has waived any attempts to avoid extradition, meaning he will soon be returned to Tennessee to await trial.
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One man is dead and multiple people were injured after a shooting in a Salemtown restaurant on Sunday afternoon.
Metro Nashville Police have confirmed that as many as six other people were shot during the incident, which took place at Roasted at 614 Garfield St. None of those injuries were life-threatening, according to the department. Police say a seventh person was transported to the hospital after having a panic attack.
MNPD says the shooting appears to have taken place after an altercation between two people in the restaurant, and officials say the suspect — Anton Rucker — fled the scene in a Mercedes. Police later found that SUV about 2 miles from the restaurant.
Convicted felon Anton Rucker, 46, is being sought for the homicide at Roasted Salemtown. He has agg assault convictions in Nashville & was arrested in Murfreesboro on felony drug charges last 10/31, and on agg assault & gun charges last Aug. See Rucker? Pls📞615-862-8600 pic.twitter.com/z3OObFb7r1
— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) April 1, 2024
“From the information we have at this point, the gunman was the only one who brandished a pistol,” MNPD spokesperson Don Aaron said during a press conference. “This was not a shootout, if you will. This was one person who decided to pull a gun based on an altercation occurring with another man.”
Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell spoke out about the shooting on social media:
We must continue doing everything in our power at the local level to limit the likelihood and impact of gun violence.
We are continuing to increase police capacity, invest in community safety, and working to ensure dispossession of those who should not legally possess firearms.
— Freddie O’Connell (@freddieoconnell) March 31, 2024
Police are asking anyone with knowledge of Rucker to reach out.
On Monday, the restaurant’s owner and head chef posted about the incident, saying that she was “deeply saddened” by what happened and vowing to stand with officials “in combating the gun violence in our community.”
This is a developing story that was last updated at 4:27 p.m. Wednesday.
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