The mass shooting, the latest in a series of mass shootings in the United States, has become a focal point for discussion about gun proliferation as well as the immigration crisis.
On Tuesday, after a days-long manhunt, the US authorities arrested a Mexican man accused of killing five people from his neighbors after they told him to stop practicing shooting in his Texas yard, a police official said.
San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Kaipers told reporters: “This man is now in our custody,” adding that he was found hiding in a closet.
Francisco Oropesa managed to escape after shooting his neighbors Friday in a small town in Cleveland. The ages of his victims ranged from 9 to 31 years old.
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San Jacinto County District Attorney Todd Dillon told NBC that the Oropesa, Texas, was arrested about 17 miles from Cleveland.
While authorities deployed hundreds of law enforcement officers to search for the 38-year-old, they also offered an $80,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.
The mass shooting, the latest in a series of mass shootings in the United States, has become a focal point for discussion about gun proliferation as well as the immigration crisis.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the suspect “killed five illegal immigrants,” though their immigration status was not immediately clear.
Abbott later said that at least one of the victims “may have been in the United States legally.”
All the victims are from Honduras, from which caravans of migrants depart daily towards the US border.
Oropesa, a Mexican national, has been deported from the United States at least four times since 2009, according to CNN.
