Texas manhunt ends with arrest of man accused of killing 5 neighbors [View all]
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Source: NBC News
The man accused of killing five of his neighbors with an AR-15 rifle in their Texas home was apprehended by law enforcement agents Tuesday, officials said. The arrest of Francisco Oropesa, 38 in the city of Cut and Shoot, Texas, marked the end of a massive manhunt that on Tuesday was in its fourth day.
A tip called into an FBI line at 5:15 p.m. led to Oropesa's arrest at 6:30 p.m., Jimmy Paul, assistant special agent in charge of the FBI’s Houston field office, said at a news conference announcing the arrest. “We just want to thank the person who had the courage and bravery to call in the suspect’s location,” Paul said.
Oropesa is accused of killing five people, including a 9-year-old boy, in Cleveland, Texas, on Friday night after a member of the family asked him to stop firing his rifle because an infant was trying to sleep, officials have said. Oropesa will be charged with five counts of murder and is being held on $5 million bond, San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers said.
Capers called Oropesa a coward. "He was caught hiding in a closet underneath some laundry," he said Tuesday. Details about the home where Oropesa was found were not disclosed. Officials said the case was still under investigation. The arrest brings an end to the sprawling search that involved more than 250 law enforcement officers, the FBI and a reward of $80,000 for information. The arrest comes four days after Oropesa went to his neighbor's home in the Trails End area in Cleveland, about 45 miles north of Houston, and opened fire, the San Jacinto County Sheriff's Office said.
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San Jacinto County District Attorney Todd Dillon had initially said authorities are awaiting fingerprints to confirm the person arrested is Oropesa. Oropesa was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a murder charge. He will later be brought to the San Jacinto County Jail, where bond will be set at $5 million bond, Capers said. The FBI said it was planning a news conference Tuesday evening about the case.
The arrest brings an end to the sprawling search that involved more than 250 law enforcement officers, the FBI and a reward of $80,000 for information. The arrest comes four days after Oropesa went to his neighbor's home in the Trails End area in Cleveland, about 45 miles north of Houston, and opened fire, the San Jacinto County Sheriff's Office said.
Oropesa started shooting after one complained that gunfire coming from his adjacent property were keeping an infant from sleeping, officials have said.
DThe man accused of killing five of his neighbors with an AR-15 rifle in their Texas home was apprehended by law enforcement agents Tuesday, officials said. Francisco Oropesa, 38, was taken into custody around 7 p.m. without incident, the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office said. He was apprehended in Cut and Shoot, Texas, San Jacinto County District Attorney Todd Dillon said.
Dillon had initially said authorities are awaiting fingerprints to confirm the person arrested is Oropesa. Oropesa has been taken to the Montgomery County Jail and is charged with first-degree murder, he said. He will later be brought to the San Jacinto County Jail, where he will be held on a $5 million bond, the San Jacinto County Sheriff's Office said. The FBI said it was planning a news conference Tuesday evening about the case.
The arrest brings an end to the sprawling search that involved more than 250 law enforcement officers, the FBI and a reward of $80,000 for information.
The arrest comes four days after Oropesa went to his neighbor's home in the Trails End area in Cleveland, about 45 miles north of Houston, and opened fire, the San Jacinto County Sheriff's Office said. Oropesa started shooting after one complained that gunfire coming from his adjacent property were keeping an infant from sleeping, officials have said.
Dillon had initially said authorities are awaiting fingerprints to confirm the person arrested is Oropesa. Oropesa has been taken to the Montgomery County Jail and is charged with first-degree murder, he said. The FBI said it was planning a news conference Tuesday evening about the case.
The arrest brings an end to the sprawling search that involved more than 250 law enforcement officers, the FBI and a reward of $80,000 for information.
The arrest comes four days after the Friday night carnage in which Oropesa went to the home in the Trails End area in Cleveland, about 45 miles north of Houston, and opened fire, the San Jacinto County Sheriff's Office said. Oropesa allegedly opened fire on neighbors after one complained that shots coming from his adjacent property were keeping an infant from sleeping, officials have said.
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A person believed to be the man accused of killing five of his neighbors with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle in their Texas home, was apprehended by law enforcement agents Tuesday, an official said.
A person believed to be Francisco Oropesa, 38, was arrested in the city of Cut and Shoot, Texas, San Jacinto County District Attorney Todd Dillon said.
Authorities are awaiting fingerprints to confirm the person arrested is Oropesa, Dillon said. He has been taken to the Montgomery County Jail and is charged with first-degree murder, he said. If confirmed to be him, the arrest brings an end to the sprawling search that involved more than 250 law enforcement officers, the FBI and a reward of $80,000 for information.
The arrest comes four days after the Friday night carnage in which Oropesa went to the home in the Trails End area in Cleveland, about 45 miles north of Houston, and opened fire, the San Jacinto County Sheriff's Office said. Oropesa allegedly opened fire on neighbors after one complained that shots coming from his adjacent property were keeping an infant from sleeping, officials have said.
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