Neighbors asked a man to stop firing a rifle outside. (Photo by Go Nakamura/Getty Images) Go Nakamura/Getty Images The alleged gunman, who is not yet in custody, used an AR-15-style rifle to shoot his neighbors. The massacre is among more than 180 US mass shootings in just the first four months of the year and, like others, seemingly stemmed from an ordinary encounter.įive people, including an 8-year old, were killed and three were injured in a Saturday night shooting in Cleveland, Texas. Oropesa is considered armed and dangerous, an FBI official said, as more than 250 law enforcement officers and $80,000 in reward money have been devoted to capturing him. Oropesa’s current immigration status is unclear, and it is not known how long he had been in the US since he was last deported.Īuthorities are now pleading for the public’s help in their search for Oropesa, 38, who they say opened fire after he was asked to stop shooting his rifle near a neighboring family’s home in Cleveland, a city of about 8,000 people northeast of Houston. “At an unknown time and location, Perez-Torres unlawfully reentered the United States, and was apprehended and removed several more times by ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations in September 2009, January 2012, and July 2016,” the source said. Francisco Oropesa, 38, is armed, dangerous and could be anywhere, an FBI special agent said.
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