Who was Sonia Gúzman? Texas shooting victim’s GoFundMe raises more than $25,000

On April 2, a heavily intoxicated man named Francisco Oropeza, 39, shot and killed five neighbors in southeast Texas after one of them requested him to stop shooting because it would wake the infant who was asleep inside their home. Five victims have been identified of which one is 25-year-old Sonia Guzman, and her 8-year-old son Daniel Enrique Laso.

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Who was Sonia Gúzman?

Born in 1997, Sonia Argentina Gúzman was a woman from Honduras. Guzman and her 8-year-old son, Daniel Enrique Laso was shot and killed by a 39-year-old Francisco Oropeza on May 1, 2023 along with 3 more civilians.

The other victims have been identified as 21-year-old Diana Velazquez Alvarado, 31-year-old Julisa Molina Rivera, and 18-year-old Josué Jonatán Cáceres.

Following the horrifying murder, Sonia Guzman’s husband Wilson started a fundraising campaign to enable him to send his wife and child’s bodies back to Honduras for burial. The fundraiser, which began on April 30, has already exceeded its $25,000 goal by more than $13,000.

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Hispanic suspect Francisco Oropeza, who shot his neighbors after a little argument, left the scene and is still being sought by police. As was previously mentioned, Oropeza was shooting an assault rifle in the form of an AR-15 on his front porch for entertainment when a neighbor urged him to put down the gun because it would wake the baby in their home.

Oropeza, who was reportedly intoxicated at the time, retaliated angrily by telling the neighbor that it was his property before going to the neighbor’s front door and shooting five persons inside the residence, among them an 8-year-old boy. Then the suspect escaped the area.

Ten people were residing in the house at the time of the incident, according to Sheriff Greg Capers’ statement to Eyewitness News. According to Capers, the police were initially called to a report of harassment at a house when they received a call that an active shooter was present.

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Police reportedly arrived at the Texas home and discovered five Hondurans who had been shot in the head. According to the authorities, three further people who were discovered covered in the blood of the victims were also taken to a hospital. It’s not apparent, though, whether they were hurt.

Francisco Oropeza’s whereabouts had been traced to a wooded area 1.2 miles west of the homicide scene, according to Capers on Saturday, but as of late Sunday, the suspect was still regarded as a wanted fugitive.