After two mistrials and months of legal wrangling, the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office has dropped the murder charge against Elijah Rucker, who had been accused in the fatal shooting of 4-year-old Romell Wright. The shooting happened around 8 a.m. on Jan. 7, 2024, on the 1700 block of 89th Avenue in East Oakland, and the decision effectively ends a high-stakes prosecution that twice failed to convince a jury.
Prosecutors Pull Plug After Back-to-Back Mistrials
According to East Bay Times, the DA’s office quietly dropped the murder count last month after two separate juries could not reach unanimous verdicts. Prosecutors had alleged that Rucker confronted Romell Wright about an outstanding debt shortly before the shooting. Both trials ended…..