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Authorities are continuing the search for the suspect connected to an « execution-style » shooting that killed five family members in Texas, including an 8-year-old boy.
The carnage began Friday night after neighbors asked the suspect, Francisco Oropeza, 38, to stop shooting his gun in the yard of his home in Cleveland, Texas, about 50 miles north of Houston, investigators said.
The San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office received a call around 11:31 p.m. Friday detailing harassment, San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers told reporters on Sunday. When deputies arrived at the home, they found five victims at the property, Capes said.
Three minors who were found uninjured but covered in blood were transported to a local hospital, authorities said. Two of the female victims were discovered in the bedroom lying on top of two surviving children, authorities .
All of the victims are from Honduras, police said.
Oropeza is still on the loose and likely armed with an AR-15-style rifle. He is a « threat to the community, » FBI Houston field office agent James Smith told reporters during a press briefing on Saturday.
