A woman wanted in a fatal 2020 shooting was apprehended in Florida within 24 hours of being added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.
KaShawn Nicola Roper, who used to live in Kansas City, Missouri, was arrested in High Springs in Alachua County, Florida, on the morning of Monday, April 15, the FBI said in a news release.
High Springs police were led to Roper following several tips that came in after the FBI announced on Tuesday, April 14, that she was one of the nation’s 10 most wanted fugitives, according to officials. The agency also announced that a $1 million reward was being offered for information leading to her capture.
“From the moment, we received information that Roper may be in our area, we surged into action, working in lockstep with our law enforcement partners to quickly track, locate, and apprehend her … Given the serious and dangerous nature of her alleged crimes, her presence in the community posed an ongoing threat that we could not ignore,” FBI Jacksonville Special Agent in Charge Jason Carley said in a statement.
Roper has been sought by law enforcement since August 23, 2020, when she was accused of repeatedly shooting at a car and striking two women, including one who died, in Kansas City, Missouri, according to the FBI.
She fatally shot Jazmyn Henrion, a young mother to three children, authorities have said, WDAF-TV reported. Henrion was 23 years old.
Her youngest child had been an infant at the time of the shooting, and was born in the summer of 2020, one of Henrion’s friends, Jovanna Graham, told the TV station in August 2020.
“She loved her babies. That’s what hurts me the most, they not going to see their momma anymore,” Graham said in an interview with WDAF-TV. “Jazmyn was such a good mother. This is crazy, unnecessary evil, unnecessary shooting for no reason. You took somebody mom away from them because of what?”
In September 2020, Roper was charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action, and unlawful use of a weapon in Missouri, according to the FBI.
Nearly a year after the deadly shooting, she was charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution, which is a federal offense, the FBI said.
On April 15, the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Marshals Office helped High Springs police in arresting Roper, according to the FBI.
“Six years later, Ms. Roper will now face the full weight of accountability for her alleged actions in 2020,” Jackson County, Missouri, Prosecutor Melesa Johnson said in a statement.
