Man already in custody booked on homicide charge

Man already in custody booked on homicide charge
Photo: Akeim McFadden

SACRAMENTO – Early on the morning of November 19 deputies with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department responded to a residence int he 2100 block of Starrlyn Way in Rancho Cordova.

Deputies discovered an injured male suffering from an injury to his lower body.  The victim was pronounced deceased after being taken to the hospital. He was later identified as 47-year-old George Nixon

The suspect or suspects had fled the scene.

On February 24 31-year-old Akeim McFadden was booked on charges related to the homicide.

McFadden was already in custody at the time, on other charges.

On November 19 McFadden and Nixon had a verbal fight that ended with the suspect shooting the victim in the backyard of a home where he was sleeping in a tent with his girlfriend.

In addition, McFadden was booked on charges stemming from another shooting on June 24, 2019. In that incident in the 9900 block of Aries Way, the male victim survived.

 

 

 

 

 

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