The frantic manhunt for a suspect accused of gunning down five people, including a 9-year-old boy, on Friday night has come to an end, with officials saying that the man had been apprehended.
Francisco Oropesa, 38, was arrested in the tiny Texas city of Cut and Shoot on Tuesday, according to authorities.
The San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Oropesa had been taken into custody without incident. Authorities are weighing criminal charges “for the person or persons” who helped Oropesa evade police for nearly four days, according to local reports.
After being magistrated, Oropesa will be brought back to the San Jacinto County Jail, where he is expected to be held on a $5 million bond, Sheriff Greg Capers said.
More details on the situation were not immediately available, with authorities expected to hold a press conference at 9 p.m. local time. Oropesa’s arrest was first reported by NBC News.
Oropesa is believed to have killed five people with an AR-15 rifle after a neighbor in Cleveland, Texas approached him and asked him to stop firing a weapon in his front yard, saying the noise might disturb their sleeping baby.
The victims were identified as Sonia Guzman, 25; Diana Velazquez Alvarado, 21; Juliza Molina Rivera, 31; Jose Jonathan Casarez, 18; and Daniel Enrique Laso, 9.
More than 250 officers with over a dozen agencies were searching for Oropesa by the start of the week, with authorities divulging precious few details as to the progress of the investigation.
In their most recent update on Sunday, the FBI said that they had “zero leads” in the case.
“We do not know where he is,” an agent told reporters at the news conference, echoing a prior remark by Capers that Oropesa “could be anywhere.”
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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