A federal grand jury indicted a Murfreesboro man accused of opening fire inside a restaurant in the Salemtown neighborhood of Nashville on Easter Sunday, according to the Middle District of Tennessee U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Anton Rucker, 47, was arrested in Princeton, Kentucky by TITANS (The Investigative Team Addressing Neighborhood Shootings) detectives with the Metro Nashville Police Department two days following the Easter Sunday shooting which killed one – a 33-year old man named Allen Beachem – and injured multiple others.
U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee Henry C. Leventis announced Friday that Rucker was indicted by a grand jury for unlawfully possessing ammunition stemming from his alleged involvement in the shooting.
Rucker was also charged with Criminal Homicide by the State of Tennessee in connection with the Easter Sunday shooting.
The grand jury also charged Rucker with unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon stemming from his involvement in an August 26, 2023, road rage incident in Murfreesboro where he allegedly cut off a driver before stopping his vehicle, walking to the other driver’s car, and arguing with the driver before brandishing a firearm.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Murfreesboro Police Department, Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office, and Metro Nashville Police Department are investigating Rucker’s case.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Hinkle is prosecuting the case.
Rucker, a previously convicted felon, has a lengthy criminal history in Davidson County dating back to 1995 and was out on a $50,000 bond at the time he allegedly carried out the Easter Sunday shooting.
Roasted, the restaurant where the shooting unfolded, closed its doors for nearly three months in the wake of the incident until reopening on June 26.
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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Follow Kaitlin on X / Twitter.
