5 dead in Texas shooting, suspect armed with AR-15 is on the loose
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The neighbors should have called 911 instead of asking the shooter to stop.
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Texas shooting: Suspect accused of killing 5 neighbors after request to stop firing rifle
San Jacinto County, Texas sheriff names suspect in shooting as Mexican national Francisco Oropeza, as manhunt closes in
By Chris Pandolfo , Adam Sabes | Fox News
Texas shooting leaves 5 dead, including 8-year-old; manhunt underway
San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers described the shooting near Cleveland, Texas, where a suspect described as a Mexican male shot and killed five people, including an eight-year-old boy. (KTRK)
A Mexican national is suspected of killing five neighbors in southeast Texas after one of them asked him to stop shooting his rifle late Friday, saying that a baby was trying to sleep.
The suspect in the execution-style killings is Francisco Oropeza, 39, a Mexican national, according to San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers. No photo of Oropeza is currently available.
Capers said during a Saturday afternoon press conference that Oropeza "could be anywhere now." Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Houston Field Office said that Oropeza should be considered "armed and dangerous" and is a "threat to the community."
The Texas Department of Corrections has sent a team with dogs, officers on horseback and a drone in the air to assist with Oropeza's arrest, police said.
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Francisco Oropeza, 39, a Mexican national, is suspected of killing five people near Cleveland, Texas, Friday, April 28, 2023. (Fox News)
A Mexican national is suspected of killing five neighbors near Cleveland, Texas, Friday, April 28, 2023, after one asked him to stop firing a rifle. (KTRK)
Law enforcement authorities removing bodies from a scene where five people were shot the night before Saturday, April 29, 2023, in Cleveland, TX. Authorities say an 8-year-old child was among five people killed in a shooting at the home in southeast Texas late Friday night. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Officials said the following individuals were killed in the shooting: Sonia Argentina Guzman, 25; Daniel Enrique Laso, 8; Diana Velazquez Alvarado, 21; Julisa Molina Rivera, 31; and Jose Jonathan Casarez, 18.
Capers said during the press conference that law enforcement officers located some Oropeza's clothing and tracking dogs picked up the scent, adding that the dogs lost the scent after they reached the water. Officers also located his cell phone.
He added that the search area is now up to 10 or 20 square miles.
Capers told Fox News Digital he is "praying" that the suspect will be in custody in the next two to four hours.
He said this was the first mass shooting incident with more than three victims his office has ever dealt with.
"Nobody should ever have to witness this," Capers said. "Nobody should ever have to live through this."
Just before midnight, deputies with the San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to respond to a call for "harassment" at the 100 block of Walters Road in the Trails End area of Cleveland, about 50 miles north of Houston.
En route to the scene, the sheriff's office received multiple 911 calls about an active shooter at the location. Upon arriving, officers discovered five people had been shot at the residence, police said.
According to the sheriff, the suspect was a neighbor who had been firing an AR-15-style .223 caliber rifle in his yard before midnight. Police found shell casings in the yard.
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"One of the victims came out of the house and said, hey, we have a small baby that's trying to sleep," Casper told KTRK. "And the man said, I'll shoot out in my front yard, I do what I want to in my own residence."
The house of the suspect who is responsible of killing five people is photographed Saturday, April 29, 2023, in Cleveland, TX. Authorities say an 8-year-old child was among five people killed in a shooting at the home in southeast Texas late Friday night. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP)
A Mexican national is suspected of killing five neighbors at a home near Cleveland, Texas, Friday, April 28, 2023, after one asked him to stop firing a rifle. (KTRK)
Witnesses told investigators the gunman was drinking alcohol.
What happened next is shocking. Police say the man walked up to the front door of his neighbor's house and began firing. One victim was found by the doorway leading into the living room. Another victim was found dead in the living room. Two more women were found shot dead upstairs, their bodies shielding young children who survived and were taken to a hospital.
Caspers said each victim had been shot in the head.
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When police arrived, four people were pronounced dead at the scene and an eight-year-old boy was airlifted in critical condition to a local trauma center, where he died, Capers said.
A SWAT unit from neighboring Montgomery County arrived to assist and cleared several properties near to the crime scene. The shooter was determined to have fled the county.
Police respond to the scene where a Mexican national is suspected of killing five neighbors near Cleveland, Texas, Friday, April 28, 2023, after one asked him to stop firing a rifle. (KTRK)
Law enforcement authorities responded to a scene where five people were shot the night before Saturday, April 29, 2023, in Cleveland, TX. Authorities say an 8-year-old child was among five people killed in a shooting at the home in southeast Texas late Friday night. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Three other victims were taken to the hospital "covered in blood," according to the sheriff's office. It was not clear if they were injured or if the blood belonged to the other victims.
Capers said that the victims were from Honduras. He said a total of 10 people were living in the house. Of those killed, four were adults, one male and three females, while the youngest was just eight years old. The three other victims who were taken to the hospital were children.
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Two other people inside the residence were evaluated at the scene and released, police said.
"When we got here, the two females in the bedroom were actually laying over the top of the younger children, two of the three younger children" that survived, Capers said.
The sheriff's office is withholding the identities of the victims pending notification of next of kin, but says it has a copy of Oropeza's consular identification card.
Caspers said authorities confiscated a shotgun, two rifles, including the .223 caliber rifle, and a pistol from the victims' residence.
A judge issued a warrant for the suspect's arrest and assigned a $5 million bond.
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Texas Rangers are assisting with the ongoing investigation. Police are asking the public to avoid the area, as there is still a heavy police presence.
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Deputies warned Francisco Oropeza, Texas mass shooting suspect, about shooting from his yard
Saturday, April 29, 2023 4:10PM
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SkyEye captures authorities investigating the aftermath of a mass shooting after a Texas man went next door with a rifle and began shooting his neighbors, killing an 8-year-old and
CLEVELAND, Texas -- The manhunt for an alleged gunman continues after being accused of shooting five of his neighbors to death, including an 8-year-old, inside a home in Texas Saturday.
Francisco Oropeza, 38, has been on the run since being accused of retaliating after his neighbors asked him to stop firing rounds in his yard because they were trying to sleep, authorities said Saturday.
The deadly shooting happened in San Jacinto County in the Trails End area of Cleveland, about 45 miles north of Houston.
Investigators said the series of events began when Oropeza, who they believe was intoxicated, shot a round of bullets using an AR-15 outside his front porch. That's when neighbors asked Oropeza to be quiet because they had a baby who was trying to sleep, according to deputies.
According to Sheriff Greg Capers, Oropeza responded by telling them that it was his property.
The sheriff told Eyewitness News that the five victims were shot from the neck up, "almost execution style," with a total of 10 people inside the home.
Investigators said one person in the house got a video of the suspect walking up to the front door with the rifle.
Capers said some of those in the house had just moved from Houston earlier in the week, but he did not know whether they were planning to stay there.
Authorities said they have previously been to the suspect's home, according to Capers.
"Deputies have come over and spoke with him about him shooting his gun in the yard," he said.
Authorities describe Oropeza as a Hispanic man who is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 160 pounds. He was last seen wearing jeans, a black shirt, and work boots. Investigators said he has a goatee and short black hair.
A judge has issued an arrest warrant for Oropeza and assigned a $5 million bond. Authorities believe Oropeza left by walking or on a bicycle and is currently within a two-mile radius of the scene.
The neighbors should have called 911 instead of asking the shooter to stop.
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Yeah,its best not to try work things out with your neighbor before getting police involved.
They have probably been so brainwashed, they were afraid of being humiliated, labeled, and dragged thru the mud as being "Karen's".The neighbors should have called 911 instead of asking the shooter to stop.
"after one of them asked him to stop shooting his rifle late Friday, saying that a baby was trying to sleep."
They're all dead. When did they say this and to who? And how does someone shoot 5 people execution style in the head with an ar-15? @UsualName used the phrase "mowed down".... that would be the more expected. Did these people all willingly line up to get shot in the back of the head? I doubt that.
There's more to this story than we're being told.
They're all dead. When did they say this and to who? And how does someone shoot 5 people execution style in the head with an ar-15? @UsualName used the phrase "mowed down".... that would be the more expected. Did these people all willingly line up to get shot in the back of the head? I doubt that.
There's more to this story than we're being told.
In an irrational, failed state, yes.The neighbors should have called 911 instead of asking the shooter to stop.
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I suppose in a rational, successful state, a social worker armed with state-of-the-art pronouns would be a match for any crazed gunman.
I think you and others missed the point that when your hot-headed neighbor is shooting off his guns, confronting him might not be the best way to solve the problem. In that kind of situation, law enforcement might do a better job.
Probably because I have a life on the weekends. That's usually why you won't see me post on a Saturday.
But since you paged me, I'll respond with this:
We have a law for murder. So any gun law you put in place isn't going to stop some asshole who wants to go around executing people.
Secondly, how do you propose to get rid of the illegal guns? I asked you this the other day and you went down the ol' obfuscation path and didn't answer.