![]() As recently as Tuesday morning, the FBI said that Oropeza "could be anywhere," underlining how investigators for days struggled to get a sense of his whereabouts and candidly acknowledged they had no leads. The arrest ends what had become a widening dragnet that had grown to more than 250 people from multiple jurisdictions and had seen $80,000 in reward money offered. ![]() "He will live out his life behind bars for killing those five." "They can rest easy now, because he is behind bars," Capers said of the families of the victims. Oropeza will be charged with five counts of murder, San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers said. Oropeza had been shooting rounds on his property and the attack occurred after neighbors asked him to go farther away because the gunfire was keeping a baby awake, according to police. ![]() ![]() That's where authorities say he went next door and shot his neighbors with an AR-style rifle shortly before midnight Friday. Lozano/The Associated Press ( )Ī four-day manhunt in Texas for a gunman accused of killing five neighbors ended Tuesday when authorities, acting on a tip, said they found the suspect hiding underneath a pile of laundry in the closet of a house.įrancisco Oropeza, 38, was captured without incident near the community of Conroe, north of Houston and about 20 miles (32 kilometers) from his home in the rural town of Cleveland. Multiple Murder Suspect Caught Hiding Under Laundryĥ:30PM EDT Juan A. ![]()
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