On Saturday, a shooting occurred at a home in Cleveland, Texas where five people were killed by a suspect wielding an AR-15 style rifle. The youngest victim was an eight-year-old child and two female victims were found in a bedroom on top of two surviving children. A day later, authorities identified a 35-year-old illegal immigrant as the suspect for the shooting.
According to Fox:
A Mexican national – reported to be an illegal immigrant – wanted for the Texas shooting of five neighbors including a young boy, remained at large Monday morning. More than 48 hours after the massacre in Cleveland, Texas, outside Houston, authorities are offering an $80,000 reward for information that leads to the capture of Francisco Oropesa.
Neighbors had allegedly asked Oropesa to stop firing his rifle in his yard late Friday so that a baby could sleep. The 38-year-old suspect, who authorities identified from video at the scene and by a Mexican consulate card, then entered the neighboring home and opened fire on five of the 10 people inside, allegedly killing the victims execution-style.
FBI Houston, which has taken over updates from the San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office, said Sunday evening that more than 250 law enforcement officers from over a dozen agencies were actively searching for Oropesa.”FBI Houston and other local, state, & federal agencies will not stop assisting SJSO until he is captured and justice is brought on behalf of the five victims,” they said. FBI Special Agent in Charge James Smith announced Sunday an additional $25,000 FBI reward in connection with the investigation.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has records which show that Oropesa has been deported to Mexico multiple times following illegal re-entries. Some reports indicate he has been deported from the U.S. over five times.
