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BP Gas Station Murder Suspect Arrested

ROCKFORD (WIFR) -- An additional arrest has been made in this spring's fatal shooting outside the BP gas station on Auburn Street in Rockford.

Rico Jefferson is now charged with killing 18-year-old Dwayne Buchanan. Martell Buckley was previously arrested. Rico Jefferson was already in the Winnebago County Jail on an unrelated weapons charge.

Police are looking for a third man, Russell Jefferson. If you have any information on Jefferson’s whereabouts, police ask you to contact them. Authorities say all three men are convicted felons and known gang members.


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