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By Billal Rahman
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KaShawn Nicola Roper, a fugitive on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list, was arrested in Florida following a coordinated law enforcement operation, according to a news release
Roper was arrested Tuesday by High Springs Police Department officers during a traffic stop at approximately 10:21 a.m. on April 15, after officers received information about a person believed to be connected to an active federal fugitive investigation, said a department release. The department did not name the woman in the release.
Roper was apprehended after investigators received multiple tips through the FBI’s National Threat Operations Center (NTOC) indicating possible sightings of an individual matching her description, FBI Director Kash Patel said in a post on X.
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Officials said that tipsters described a suspect loading belongings into a vehicle, which helped officers locate her. A traffic stop was conducted based on the vehicle description provided, leading to Roper’s arrest without incident.
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Why It Matters
KaShawn Nicola Roper is wanted for her alleged involvement in a shooting on August 23, 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri, during which she allegedly fired multiple shots at a vehicle, striking two female victims and resulting in the death of one of them, according to the FBI.
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Roper was subsequently charged on September 10, 2020 in the 16th Judicial Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, with second-degree murder, armed criminal action, and unlawful use of a weapon, and a state warrant was issued for her arrest. A federal arrest warrant was later issued on July 1, 2021 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri after she was charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution, the FBI said.
The FBI said Roper was added to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list on April 14, 2026, and had been at large for nearly six years before her capture.
The FBI said Roper was booked into the Alachua County Jail on state murder charges following her arrest, Patel said.
He added that Roper’s capture marks the eighth Ten Most Wanted fugitive apprehended in just over a year, a figure he said is double the number captured during the previous four-year period.
The FBI credited multiple partner agencies, including the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office, High Springs Police Department, Gainesville Police Department, Kansas City Police Department, and the U.S. Marshals Service, for their roles in the operation.
"This is an example of how the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list is supposed to work: public awareness, information, and quick coordination work between partners," Patel wrote in a post on X.
FBI Jacksonville Special Agent in Charge Jason Carley said in a press release. "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. This kind of seamless coordination is critical to ensuring dangerous individuals are taken off the streets.
"Given the serious and dangerous nature of her alleged crimes, her presence in the community posed an ongoing threat that we could not ignore. We all have a shared commitment to public safety and together, we will continue to relentlessly pursue fugitives and hold them accountable."
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