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FBI Adds Fugitive to Most Wanted List with $1 Million Reward, Arrest Follows Next Day
The FBI placed KaShawn Nicola Roper on its Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list and offered a $1 million reward for information leading to her arrest. She was apprehended the following day in Florida during a traffic stop. Roper faces charges related to a 2020 shooting in Missouri that resulted in one death.
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Law enforcement arrested KaShawn Nicola Roper, 50, in High Springs, Florida, on April 16, 2026, around 10:30 a.
m. The arrest occurred during a traffic stop, according to an FBI press release. High Springs Police Department officers apprehended her following several tips that led to her location. The arrest came less than 24 hours after the FBI added Roper to its Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list on April 15, 2026, with a $1 million reward offered for information leading directly to her arrest.
Background Roper had been on the run since 2020, according to the FBI.
Authorities accused her of involvement in a shooting on August 23, 2020, in Kansas City, Missouri, where she allegedly fired at a vehicle, resulting in the death of one woman and injury to another. She was charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action, and unlawful use of a weapon in September 2020. A federal arrest warrant was issued in 2021 for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
The High Springs Police Department, Alachua County Sheriff’s Office, and U.
U.S. Marshals Service collaborated on the arrest, the FBI stated.
