Texas.- Authorities arrested a man suspected of killing 5 of his neighbors in Texas, including a 9-year-old boy, with an AR-15 type rifle, after the family confronted him late at night for firing rounds in his yard.
Francisco Oropesa, 38, was arrested today, four days after the shooting Friday night in the town of Cleveland, north of Houston, according to Montgomery County Sheriff Rand Henderson.
Oropesa was arrested without incident, the sheriff said, without specifying whether the subject was armed or how authorities located where he was.
Police had used drones and scent-tracking dogs during an extensive search that included combing a heavily wooded area a few kilometers from the scene.
San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers said Oropesa had fled the scene after the attack that also left four adults dead. He added that his officers had been called to the suspect’s home at least once before for firing rounds of shots in his yard.
