Texas Most Wanted Fugitive, 17, Accused of Killing Sonic Manager in Counterfeit Money Dispute, Arrested Three Months After Murder

A Texas teenager has been arrested more than three months after she allegedly fatally shot a “caring” Sonic manager during an argument over trying to pay for food with counterfeit money.

According to Fox 4 News, 17-year-old Adiah Roberson was captured after a multi-agency operation in the parking lot of a Dallas apartment complex while on the run as a fugitive on the Texas 10 Most Wanted list since July 16.

Roberson is accused of murdering Daniel Shrewsbury while he was working the night shift at a San Antonio Sonic on July 7.

Shrewsbury, who was killed just days before his 34th birthday, had reportedly gotten into an argument with Roberson and two others after the group tried to buy food with the counterfeit funds.

As the trio left the eatery, Shrewsbury tried to take a photo of her license plate, San Antonio police told the outlet.

Another suspect, Joshua Joseph, 27, who was arrested in August and charged with murder, allegedly told the Sonic manager that he would be shot while trying to take the photo, Fox 4 reported.

Moments later, police said Roberson got out of the vehicle and opened fire on Shrewsbury before fleeing.

Shrewsbury was pronounced dead at the scene.

A witness who was at the thoroughfare the night he was shot said she heard three shots and saw an employee run out of the fast food store and say one of her co-workers had been shot been.

“I was sitting in line on the phone. And I heard what it sounded like first: the first shot. But I didn’t really realize that was it,” the witness told KENS5 in July.

“And then I heard two more shots and I thought, 'Okay, something's happening here.' I tried to get out of there, basically I was scared.”

Shrewsbury was the oldest of three siblings and enjoyed playing video games and spending time with his family outside of work, his relatives said after his death.

“He was a really good brother, not just to me but to everyone,” said Jojo Shrewsbury, the Sonic employee's grieving younger brother.

Shrewsbury's sister Jazmin Robinson wrote in an emotional Facebook post days after his death that her brother “didn't deserve to go like this” and called the suspects cowards.

“They took my brother without hesitation, without any concern for his family or loved ones. It's a sad, sad world we live in ladies and gentlemen, I never thought I would lose my brother this way,” she wrote.

“I love you, big brother, forever and always will. They have taken your body, but they cannot have your soul. My memories of our time together will stay with me forever. I'll never forget how much of an incredibly tough guy you were. working brother.”

Roberson was also wanted for falsifying a government document.

Roberson was booked into the Dallas County Jail following her arrest Tuesday on murder and forgery charges.

Police believe Robinson traveled across the state, fleeing from San Antonio to Austin before landing in Dallas, Fox 4 reported.

U.S. Marshals said a tip led the task force to track down the teenager at the Dallas apartment complex.

She is being held on a $520,000 bond and will be transported to San Antonio to stand trial. It remains to be seen whether she will be tried as a juvenile.

However, suspects under the age of 18 who are eligible to be tried as adults in Texas and convicted of murder “automatically receive a sentence of life in prison with the possibility of parole after 40 years,” according to Section 12.31 of the Texas Penal Code.