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Mexican National Murders 5 In Texas, Manhunt Underway: Reports

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Francisco Oropeza
Jacinto County Sheriff Department

A Mexican national is on the run in Texas after allegedly murdering five of his neighbors after they asked him to stop shooting his gun because they had a baby that was trying to sleep.

Officers were initially called to the scene to respond to a complaint about “harassment” in Cleveland, Texas, and while en route, they received numerous calls about an active shooter. The suspect had been firing a rifle in his yard before the incident unfolded, officials say.

Police have charged Francisco Oropeza, 39, with five counts of murder and are actively searching for him. They believe that they have him pinned in a wooded area about a mile away from the crime scene.

“One of the victims came out of the house and said, hey, we have a small baby that’s trying to sleep,” said San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers. “And the man said, I’ll shoot out in my front yard, I do what I want to in my own residence.”

“They went back in their house and then we have a video of him walking up their driveway with his AR-15,” Capers said.

Fox News reported that witnesses said that Oropeza had been drinking alcohol when he went on the rampage.

He allegedly shot each of the five victims in the head. Some of the victims’ bodies shielded young children who survived and were transported to hospitals.

“It’s horrific,” Capers said. “No one should ever have to look at this scene, the blood, the trauma that went on in that house.”

Neighbor Vianey Balderas told The Washington Post that she didn’t think anything bad was happening when she heard gun shots because it was common place.

“When I heard those gunshots, I didn’t think anything of it because in this neighborhood everyone has guns. Every weekend you hear gunshots,” she said. “People shoot in their backyards, after they drink alcohol, men take out guns at house parties and shoot the ground.”

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