The man accused of killing one person and injuring several more during the Easter Sunday shooting at Roasted Salemtown has been indicted on more charges by the Davidson County Grand Jury
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The man accused of killing one person and injuring several more during the Easter Sunday shooting at Roasted Salemtown has been indicted on more charges by the Davidson County Grand Jury.
According to court documents, the grand jury indicted 46-year-old Anton Rucker on 11 more charges, including murder and weapons charges, for the deadly shooting on March 31.
In total, Rucker was indicted for:
Two counts first degree felony murder.
One count attempted first degree murder.
One count felony possession of a firearm.
Six counts felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
One count felony dangerous weapon possession with prior felony conviction.
Rucker was previously indicted by a federal grand jury of unlawful possession of a fire arm and ammunition earlier this summer for the Easter shooting and a separate incident last August. The U.S. Department of Justice also charged Rucker with unlawful firearm possession for a road rage incident in Murfreesboro on Aug. 26, 2023.
According to the Department of Justice, Rucker passed another driver on a double yellow line and pulled in front of him, cutting the driver off and causing him to slam on his brakes to avoid a crash that day. Then, Rucker allegedly stopped his car, walked to the other driver’s vehicle, and started arguing with him before brandishing a gun.
The Easter shooting was reported just after 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 31, at Roasted Salemtown in the 600 block of Garfield Street near Germantown.
Allen Beachem, 33, of Alabama, was killed. Five other gunshot victims ended up with non-critical injuries; one person was brought to the hospital with a possible graze that could have been sustained while brushing up against a piece of sharp furniture; and a pregnant woman had a panic attack but was otherwise not physically wounded.
Police records from the Metro Nashville Police Department show he was out on bond for aggravated assault and being a felon in possession of a weapon, as well as three felony drug charges out of Rutherford County from last August and last October, when the shooting took place.
Witness statements indicated Rucker got into a verbal altercation with a man, later identified as Beachem, before pulling out his gun and opening fire.
Rucker initially went on the run but was apprehended in Princeton, Kentucky, two days later.