Who is Francisco Oropeza? Suspect in Texas mass shooting that killed 5, including 8-year-old

Francisco Oropeza was identified as the suspect in the mass shooting in Cleveland, Texas, on Friday evening. Currently, a manhunt is underway for the 38-year-old male.

The police described the shooting as “execution style” and said that the suspect was armed with an AR-15 style rifle. According to reports, the suspect and the victims were neighbors and the shooting was as a result of an altercation.

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Who is Francisco Oropeza?

Francisco Oropeza is a 38-year-old Mexican national who has been identified as the suspect in the fatal shooting of five people at a home in Cleveland – a town 55 miles from Houston, Texas.

A judge has issued an arrest warrant for Oropeza, setting a $5 million bond. It is believed that Oropeza may have fled the scene on foot or on a bicycle, and law enforcement officials suspect that he is currently within a two-mile radius of the area.

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According to reports, law enforcement officials from the San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office received a call about harassment at 11:31 p.m. local time on Friday, which led to the incident. On arriving they found five people, including an eight-year-old, dead at the crime scene. Three of the deceased were females and two were males

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“My understanding is that the victims, they came over to the fence and said ‘Hey could [you not do your] shooting out in the yard? We have a young baby that’s trying to go to sleep,” and he had been drinking and he says ‘I’ll do what I want to in my front yard,'” San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers said.