The manhunt for a suspect in the tragic Easter Sunday shooting at a Nashville restaurant ended with an arrest in Kentucky yesterday. Anton Rucker, 46, was captured without incident at a Princeton home, about 100 miles northwest from where the fatal gunfire broke out at Roasted in Salemtown, as reported by The Tennessean. Rucker, whose actions at the dining establishment left one patron dead and five wounded, is now awaiting a transfer to face charges in Nashville.
Following the furious shooting, which claimed the life of 33-year-old Allen Beacham, Rucker had fled the scene in a Mercedes GLS 450, which was later found in North Nashville. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation added Rucker to its Most Wanted List a day after the homicide. Amidst a concerted effort by authorities, including the U.S. Marshals Task Force, the ATF, and the MNPD’s TITANS detectives, Rucker was finally apprehended and booked into Caldwell County Jail, WSMV confirmed.
The deadliness that struck Roasted Salemtown on that Sunday afternoon began with an argument, according to Metro Nashville Police spokesman Don Aaron in a statement captured by The Tennessean. "The suspect pulled out a gun, fired multiple shots" and fled, Aaron detailed at a news conference after the incident.
Rucker's rap sheet extends to prior charges including aggravated assault, gun charges from August, and felony drug charges in October, as per Rutherford County court records. While Rucker was being hunted, these ongoing cases were scheduled for preliminary hearings on Wednesday, WKRN noted.
