MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A 37-year-old fugitive was in Georgia on Friday, waiting to be extradited to Miami-Dade County for allegedly trying to kill a father over their kids’ conflict.
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Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office detectives accused Nathan Cooper of shooting Shawn Webster, a Miami-Dade County Water and Sewer employee.
Webster’s mother, Clarice Webster, told Local 10 News that the conflict between the two fathers started with their children.
Cooper “came to” Webster’s house “being disrespectful” and “shot my son point blank range in front of his children,” Clarice Webster said.
Cooper was on the run for about 70 days, according to deputies.
Cooper fled after the shooting on March 17 near Northwest Fifth Avenue and 83rd Street in Miami-Dade’s West Little River, according to deputies.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel took Shawn Webster, 33, to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center to be treated for gunshot wounds.
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Cooper has an arrest record in Miami-Dade going back to when he was 18.
Cooper had been sentenced to five years in prison in 2023, after he was convicted of a 2016 aggravated battery in Miami-Dade County, records show.
Cooper, also known as Christopher Kendrick and Antwan Morris, was released from prison on April 3, 2024, according to the Florida Department of Corrections.
After the shooting on March 17, detectives identified Cooper as a convicted felon who was on federal supervised release.
A warrant was issued for Cooper’s arrest on March 20, and members of the U.S. Marshals Service Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested him on May 26 in Norcross, Ga., according to the M-DSO.
Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz praised deputies, deputy U.S. Marshals, and task force officers for the investigation and arrest.
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Cooper faces a charge of first-degree attempted murder with a deadly weapon.
