Teen Girl Killed Sonic Drive-In Manager After She Tried to Use Suspected Counterfeit Money

Adiah Roberson, 19, pleaded no contest in the 2024 killing of Daniel Shrewsbury at a San Antonio Sonic Drive-In

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  • Adiah Roberson was 17 at the time of the July 7, 2024 shooting in San Antonio
  • Daniel Shrewsbury, 33, followed Roberson outside to photograph a license plate before he was shot
  • A second suspect, who drove Roberson away from the scene, was arrested in the case, but his murder charge was later dropped

A Texas teen who fatally shot a Sonic Drive-In manager during a dispute over suspected counterfeit money in 2024 has been sentenced to 40 years in prison.

Adiah Roberson, now 19, received the sentence Friday after pleading no contest to murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the killing of Daniel Shrewsbury, 33, according to KSAT, KENS 5 and the San Antonio Express-News. She was also sentenced to 20 years on the assault charge, with both terms to be served concurrently.

Roberson was 17 at the time of the July 7, 2024 shooting, which happened while Shrewsbury was working at a Sonic Drive-In on Babcock Road in San Antonio…

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