fugitive in Cuba

(born

on July 16, 1947

), whose

was

,

is an

activist and member of the former

(BPP) and

(BLA). Between 1971 and 1973, Shakur was accused of several crimes and was the subject of a multistate

.

In May 1973, Shakur was involved in a shootout on the

, in which she was accused of killing

and grievously assaulting Trooper James Harper. BLA member Zayd Malik Shakur was also killed in the incident, and Shakur was wounded.

Between 1973 and 1977, Shakur was

in relation to six other incidents—charged with

,

,

,

, and

—resulting in three

and three

. In 1977, she was convicted of the

of Foerster and of seven other felonies related to the shootout.

In 2013, the

(FBI) announced it had made Shakur the first woman on its list of most wanted terrorists