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A 17-year-old fugitive who was on the Texas 10 Most Wanted list in relation since July in relation to the fatal shooting of a Sonic manager has been arrested, FOX 4 News reports.
Adiah Roberson, 17, who is accused of murdering Daniel Shrewsbury during his night shift at a San Antonio Sonic restaurant on July 7, was captured at an apartment complex parking lot in Dallas on Tuesday (October 22). The teenager was booked into the Dallas County Jail on murder and forgery charges.
Shrewsbury reportedly got into an argument with Roberson and two other individuals after the group attempted to pay with counterfeit money. The Sonic manager tried to take a photo of the license plate on the vehicle that the group traveled in as they left the restaurant, the San Antonio Police Department confirmed to FOX 4 News.
Joshua Joseph, 27, who was arrested and charged with murder in August, allegedly threatened that Shrewsbury would get shot if he tried to take the picture shortly before Roberson exited the vehicle, opened fire and fled the scene. Shrewsbury was pronounced dead at the restaurant.
A witness who was at the drive-through during the incident claimed they heard three gunshots fired and saw an employee run out of the restaurant claiming that their co-worker had been shot.
“I was on my phone sitting in line. And I heard what sounded like at first, the first gunshot. But didn’t really register that that’s what it was,” the witness told KENS5 in July. “And then I heard two additional gunshots after that and my mind went, ‘OK, something is happening here.’ Tried to get out of there, essentially, I was scared.”
Roberson was believed to have moved around the state of Texas in the months leading up to her arrest. The 17-year-old is being held on a $520,000 bond and it's not yet determined if she will face judgment as a juvenile, however, suspects under the age of 18 who are tried as adults in Texas "receive an automatic life sentence with the possibility of parole after 40 years" if convicted in accordance with the state's penal code.