The manhunt continues in Texas to find Francisco Oropeza, the 38-year-old suspected of killing five people , including an 8-year-old boy, by shooting them with his automatic rifle in Cleveland, a town of 7,500 people about 60 km northeast of Houston.
More than 200 local and federal police are looking for the suspect, a Mexican considered armed and dangerous.
"It can be anywhere," warned Sheriff Greg Capers, in charge of the investigation, during a press conference. Authorities have offered an $80,000 bounty for anyone with any information.
According to local authorities, the 38-year-old was practicing shooting in his garden when neighbors asked him to stop the noise so a child could sleep. In response, he allegedly entered his neighbors' home and shot "like an execution, in the head," Sheriff Capers said.
“Stay at home. Be vigilant. Keep an eye out. If you see something, say it», is the appeal of Capers. Investigators have already recovered the Ar-15 used in the massacre, along with the suspect's abandoned cell phone and clothes. Other weapons were confiscated from his home. Hundreds of agents, including the FBI, trained dogs and drones are employed in the search for the "killer next door".
Oropeza often shot in the backyard. This is the 19th shooting in the US that left at least four dead (not including the killer) earlier this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
(Unioneonline/D)
