The man accused of shooting five people to death for asking him to stop making noise in Texas has been arrested

The main suspect in the shooting in Texas (United States) that last weekend claimed the lives of five Hondurans, Francisco Oropesa, would have been arrested this Tuesday by the authorities in the Texas town of Cut and Shoot, according to the NBC network

The man accused of shooting five people to death for asking him to stop making noise in Texas has been arrested

The main suspect in the shooting in Texas (United States) that last weekend claimed the lives of five Hondurans, Francisco Oropesa, would have been arrested this Tuesday by the authorities in the Texas town of Cut and Shoot, according to the NBC network.

The outlet, which quotes District Attorney Todd Dillon, from San Jacinto County (Texas), explained that the authorities are waiting to confirm the identity of the man, who has been charged with first degree murder and is already in the jail

The suspect entered the United States on several occasions illegally and was deported four times, according to data from the Immigration Department. It is unknown if he actually had his papers in order in Texas before he went on the run. More than 200 officers have been searching for the shooter, who disappeared from the scene after killing four adults and a 9-year-old boy with shots at close range and above the neck, according to the police report.

The reward was $80,000 for any information leading to the arrest of Oropesa, deported in March 2009 for the first time. Later, he was expelled from the country in September 2009, January 2012 and July 2016, a 38-year-old Mexican who was asked by his neighbors not to shoot the rifle so close to him when he was trying to put his little son to sleep .

Far from paying attention, Oropesa entered his neighbor's house and caused the massacre, the umpteenth so far this year in the US. According to the Gun Violence Archive data, 248 people have lost their lives in 2023 in 184 shootings. About 10 to 20 minutes before the shooting, Wilson Garcia and two other men approached the shooter's house to convince him not to make so much noise with his gun, but he refused.

Shortly after, he left armed in the direction of the García home. "We went in and my wife was talking to the police. We called five times because he was getting more and more aggressive," Garcia explained. "We saw him, he was coming off his property and he loaded his gun," he said. "I told my wife to come in because she could come to threaten us. Then my wife said: 'You come in. I don't think he's going to shoot me because I'm a woman. I'm staying here at the door.'"

Oropesa had no compassion for the woman, whom he shot to the head, or for the children who were inside the house. Two of the murdered women died protecting two of García's children, a two-and-a-half-year-old girl and a month-old baby. If not, they may no longer be alive. Police officers have described it as an execution-style massacre.

Oropesa had no compassion for the woman, whom he shot to the head, or for the children who were inside the house. Two of the murdered women died protecting two of García's children, a two-and-a-half-year-old girl and a month-old baby. If not, they may no longer be alive. Police officers have described it as an execution-style massacre.

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