Woman Suspected In 2020 Murder Arrested Day After Being Added To Fbi Most-wanted List

A female accused of fatally shooting a female and wounding different successful Missouri astir six years agone was arrested successful Florida this week, 1 time aft she was placed connected nan FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, authorities said.

KaShawn Nicola Roper was placed connected nan most-wanted database Tuesday, and a reward of up to $1 cardinal was offered for information, nan agency announced that day.

She was arrested nan adjacent time successful High Springs, astir 20 miles northwest of Gainesville, by authorities acting connected a extremity from nan announcement, the FBI said successful a connection Wednesday.

Roper is accused of sidesplitting a female and wounding different erstwhile she fired into a car during an altercation successful Kansas City, Missouri, successful August 2020, authorities said.

She was charged connected authorities counts of second-degree murder, equipped criminal action and unlawful usage of a weapon, and successful 2021 she was charged connected a national warrant pinch unlawful formation to debar prosecution, Kansas City constabulary said.

Kansas City constabulary responded astir 3:35 a.m. connected Aug. 23, 2020, to a infirmary wherever 2 women who had been changeable arrived successful a backstage vehicle, Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves said astatine a news convention Wednesday.

Jazmyn Henrion, 23, was pronounced dormant astatine nan hospital, and nan different female had injuries that were not life-threatening, Graves said.

Roper was identified arsenic nan suspect, and she was charged 18 days later, connected Sept. 10, Graves said.

Police learned that Roper “quickly fled nan Kansas City area instantly aft nan incident,” Graves said, but investigators continued to activity her arrest.

“We person ne'er forgotten,” Graves said astatine Wednesday’s news conference, which announced Roper’s placement connected nan FBI’s most-wanted list.

Alachua County, Florida, online jailhouse records showed that Roper was being held without enslaved Thursday.

A voicemail was near pinch a Kansas City lawyer listed arsenic representing Roper successful tribunal records Thursday evening, but location was nary contiguous response.