‘Armed and Dangerous' Suspect Turns Himself In

His home was the site of a police-involved shooting last week.

A suspected drug dealer whose Stratford home was the scene of a drug investigation and officer-involved shooting last week has turned himself in, according to the police department.

Tariq Young, 22, of 25 Yarwood Street, was wanted for sale of narcotics and sale of narcotics in a school zone, according to Stratford police, who described Young as armed and dangerous.

Investigators searched his home last Friday and found heroin, prescription drugs, cocaine and two loaded hand guns, one of them stolen, according to police.

During the search, William Rucker, 41, allegedly attacked police with a hammer. An officer shot him the hand.

Rucker and a woman who lives at 25 Yarwood Street, Tonya Rankin, were both arrested.

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