ROCKFORD, Ill. — A Rockford man charged in connection with a 2021 murder was taken into custody in Los Angeles on Thursday.
According to police, 29-year-old Isaiah Rucker is one of two people charged in connection with the death of 39-year-old Drake Stewart.
Stewart was killed on May 23, 2021, in a shooting that unfolded at the intersection of Harrison Avenue and Seminary Street in Rockford.
Officers were first called to the scene following a report of a shooting in the area, and when they arrived, they found Stewart unconscious with bullet wounds in the driver’s seat of a vehicle. He then died at the hospital.
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Rucker and 26-year-old Xzavior Smith were later identified as suspects in the case, and both men were charged with first-degree murder back in March…