Man kills Family of 5 Neighbors in TX

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Authorities say they have ‘zero leads’ in manhunt for suspect who allegedly killed 5 neighbors in Texas​

The suspect, Francisco Oropeza, killed the five victims after a neighbor asked him to stop shooting rounds in his yard, San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers said. Authorities are offering an $80,000 reward.


April 29, 2023, 8:43 AM CDT / Updated April 30, 2023, 3:52 PM CDT
By Priscilla Thompson, Dennis Romero, Minyvonne Burke and Julianne McShane
CLEVELAND, Texas — Authorities were still searching Sunday for a man accused of fatally shooting five of his neighbors, including an 8-year-old child, in their Texas home last week after one asked him to stop firing rounds in his yard.
The suspect, Francisco Oropesa, 38, was armed with a black AR-15 semi-automatic rifle when he went to the home in the Trails End area in Cleveland around 11:30 p.m. Friday and opened fire, the San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office said. The FBI previously spelled the suspect's last name as "Oropeza" but released the updated spelling as "Oropesa" on Sunday "to better reflect his identity in law enforcement systems," the FBI’s Houston office tweeted Sunday.

On Saturday, authorities believed they had the suspect within a 2-mile or so search area but said later he may have slipped past it after they found his cellphone and clothing.
"He could be anywhere now," Sheriff Greg Capers said at a news conference.



Officials offer $80,000 for info relating to suspect who killed 5 in Texas​

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James Smith, the special agent in charge of the FBI's Houston-area office, urged anyone who spots the suspect to call 911.
"We consider him armed and dangerous," he said. "He is out there, and he's a threat to the community."
Authorities are offering an $80,000 reward for information leading to the suspect's capture, they announced Sunday.
The state of Texas is offering $50,000 of the total reward money, and Multi-County Crime Stoppers, a local nonprofit organization, is offering $5,000 more. The FBI is offering another $25,000, Smith said.
Smith said Sunday that authorities are “running into dead ends” as he appealed to the public to share any relevant information.
“Right now, we have zero leads of him,” he added.
Capers identified the five people who were killed as Sonia Argentina Guzman, 25; Diana Velazquez Alvarado, 21; Julisa Molina Rivera, 31; Jose Jonathan Casarez, 18; and Daniel Enrique Laso, 8.
He said earlier that all were from Honduras.
Authorities investigate the scene of a mass shooting in Cleveland, Texas
Authorities investigate the scene of a mass shooting in Cleveland, Texas.KPRC
Capers got choked up talking about the victims Sunday.
“My heart is with this 8-year-old little boy,” Capers said. “I don’t care if he was here legally, I don’t care if he was here illegally. He was in my county, five people died in my county, and that is where my heart is — in my county, protecting my people to the best of our ability.”
He said that authorities seized the rifle used in the attack but that the suspect might still be armed with a handgun.
Capers said that scent-tracking dogs lost Oropesa's trail Saturday and that he could be 20 miles away or farther. He said that more than 150 police officers were looking for Oropesa on Saturday and that more than 200 were involved in the search Sunday, adding that they were going door to door looking for tips.
"It is my No. 1 priority to find him, as it is everybody that's out here looking for him," Capers said.
The FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Texas Public Safety Department were involved in the manhunt, authorities said. Some of the law enforcement officers searching were on horseback.
Authorities said deputies were called to the home in reference to a harassment complaint.
"While en route, the communications center received multiple 911 calls of an active shooter incident at the dispatch location," the sheriff's department said.

What to know about the Texas shooting​

  • The shooting occurred at a home in Cleveland, Texas, around 11:30 p.m. Friday.
  • Ten people were in the house. Five have died, including an 8-year-old child.
  • A suspect, Francisco Oropesa, is accused of using an AR-15 rifle and is believed to have fled the county.
  • Oropeza was not in custody Saturday evening.
Four of the victims were found dead inside the house, the sheriff’s office said Saturday on Facebook. The child died at a hospital.
 

There was a time that I would read these types of news stories, when they occurred occasionally, but when they occur daily or weekly, I find them too difficult to watch or read. Mainly because they get me so angry at some of my fellow Americans, who simply turn a blind eye or deaf ear and ignore them, and show no interest whatsoever in trying to find ways to make this country safer to protect people from harm and to do something real about the gun and violence problem in our lives.
 
This is just so, so horrible!! I bet the person who simply asked him to pipe down never expected this! The sheriff was visibly shaken when he talked about the 8 year old being one of the victims. Two of the children probably survived because the women, who were killed lay on top of them to shield their little bodies. I hope the $80,000 reward will help to flush him out. My heart goes out the the family and friends of the victims. Unfortunately, I think this is a new trend that will keep happening...neighbors solving disputes by murder. :mad::cry:
 
What caught me is the mass murderer shot everyone above the chest execution style. Not exactly a drunk firing a weapon at random. It's almost if the killer had long standing issues/grudges with his neighbors. There's probably more to this story.
 
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Paladin1950 said:
There was a time that I would read these types of news stories, when they occurred occasionally, but when they occur daily or weekly, I find them too difficult to watch or read. Mainly because they get me so angry at some of my fellow Americans, who simply turn a blind eye or deaf ear and ignore them, and show no interest whatsoever in trying to find ways to make this country safer to protect people from harm and to do something real about the gun and violence problem in our lives.
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Seven mass shootings yesterday alone.

OneEyedDiva said:
Unfortunately, I think this is a new trend that will keep happening...neighbors solving disputes by murder. :mad:😢
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I do too. 🙁
 
Everybody is talking about prayer. Well, you can pray "until the cows come home" but that wouldn't stop the killers. You say, well, take the guns away. I don't mean to be negative here but in Canada, it is rather hard to get a gun so all the crazies use knives. Knives are cheap, they are small, easy to hide, you can buy all you want all over the place and if you know what you doing, you can kill someone pretty easy. I guess, it's "different strokes for different folks" but in the end the results are the same.

Only advantage of using a knife compared to an automatic rifle, is that you cannot kill as many people. If people see you knifing someone, they tend to run away. Can't blame them, really!
 
CarolfromTX said:
Story says the shooter was firing his weapon in his front yard, and the neighbor came out to ask him to stop. Shooter, who was said to be drunk, retaliated by shooting the neighbor’s family. WHY the HELL didn’t they call the police instead?? If my neighbor is discharging a firearm, I’m calling the police. Period.
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My guess they thought or knew he was cartel. The way he killed was too cold blooded.
 
Myrtle said:
Manhunt continues for illegal alien - previously deported multiple times

The FBI confirmed more than 250 law enforcement officers are hunting for an illegal immigrant who shot and killed five people on Friday, insisting they would not rest until he was caught.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-previously-deported-killing-five-people.html
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Too many Mexican Guerrilla members are running amok in this country ..... and they continue to come over the border at will.
Nothing has changed.

.... those killed were 4 illegal immigrants from South America ... and one was an American citizen.


BTW ... where all this took place is country and woods .... a fairly remote place 'to hide' from the public,
which they all must have been doing out there.
 
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