Woman Added to FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" List After Murdering Her Pregnant Neighbor a Week Before Her Due Date
The FBI has added its 10th woman ever to the "Ten Most Wanted" list after a 24-year-old woman in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, murdered her mother's pregnant neighbor following an alleged dispute over the victim playing loud music. The killer, Shanika S. Minor, fled the scene and hasn't been heard from since.
According to a statement from the FBI, Minor "believed that the victim had somehow disrespected her or her mother" after repeatedly playing loud music at an "unreasonable hour." She then instigated a dispute with the woman, 23-year-old Tamecca Perry, and challenged her to a fight while brandishing a handgun. Minor's mother then stepped in to implore her daughter not to harm the woman. Minor fired a round in the air and left the duplex in her car.
However, early the next morning, Minor returned to the home and confronted Perry again. Her mother again tried to convince Minor not to harm the woman, and this time, put herself between them. But Minor allegedly then put her gun over her mom's shoulder and shot the neighbor in the chest.
After being shot, Perry "retreated into her residence, where she died in front of her two children." She was nine months pregnant and less than a week away from her due date. The unborn child could not be saved.
At this time, the FBI is offering up to $100,000 for information leading to Minor's arrest. She is wanted on multiple charges, and should be considered "armed and extremely dangerous." The FBI believes she "may have contact with people in Missouri, Mississippi, Texas, Tennessee, Ohio, and Georgia," and that she has definitely received help as she does not have many financial resources on her own.
"The murder weapon was not recovered, and it is likely she is still armed," Special Agent Chad Piontek said in a statement. "She killed someone who was not a stranger to her - a family acquaintance ... Our hope is that whoever is assisting her will find the potential reward more attractive than protecting a person wanted for first-degree murder."
"This was a senseless crime, and we believe Minor is capable of more violence," he continued. "We need to capture her so that no one else is harmed."
Update 7/1, 12:30 p.m.: Minor was captured and arrested early Friday morning in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The FBI will release more details as they become available.
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