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Man arrested in connection with deadly November 2019 shooting in Rancho Cordova

Akeim McFadden, 31, is accused of shooting and killing 47-year-old George Nixon following a fight in the 2100 block of Starrlyn Way on Nov. 19, 2019.

RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. — Homicide detectives made an arrest in a deadly shooting out of Rancho Cordova from November 2019.

Akeim McFadden, 31, is accused of shooting and killing 47-year-old George Nixon following a fight in the 2100 block of Starrlyn Way on Nov. 19, 2019.

Deputies responded around 6 a.m. that day after receiving a 911 call on which a struggle could be heard. When deputies arrived, they found Nixon unresponsive with a gunshot wound to his lower body. Nixon was rushed to the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

According to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office, Nixon was shot in the backyard of a home where he had been living in a tent with his girlfriend.

Investigators did not say how they connected to McFadden to the shooting. He was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on counts of murder, attempted murder, and possession of a firearm by a felon.

McFadden was also booked on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon related to a shooting in June 2019, also in Rancho Cordova. A 36-year-old man was injured in that shooting but survived.

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