5 killed, including 8-year-old in San Jacinto County, shooter at large
Texas shooting suspect Francisco Oropesa is still at large more than two days after he allegedly murdered five people, including an eight-year-old boy, over a noise complaint.
On Friday, Mr Oropesa, 38, allegedly shot his neighbours in Cleveland, Texas, with an AR-15 style rifle after they asked him to stop firing rounds in his yard because the children were trying to sleep.
Five victims – Sonia Argentina Guzman, 25,her eight-year-old son Daniel Enrique Laso, Diana Velazquez Alvarado, 21, Julisa Molina Rivera, 31, and Josué Jonatán Cáceres, 18 – were killed in the attack.
Mr Oropesa, who is originally from Mexico, went on the run. He is considered armed and dangerous and police admitted on Sunday that they have “zero leads” as to his whereabouts.
On Sunday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott finally addressed the latest incident of gun violence in his state – in a statement where he announced his office was contributing a $50,000 reward to catch the suspect and also labelled the victims “illegal immigrants”.
The statement sparked an instant backlash with social media users quickly correcting him with the words “people”.
