SAN JACINTO COUNTY, TX. (THECOUNT) — Mexican national Francisco Oropeza has been identified as the shooter currently “pinned down” by law enforcement following a Friday night shooting that took the lives of at least 5 people including an 8-year-old child in San Jacinto County, Texas.
Oropeza, 39, is currently hold-up in a wooded area just over a mile west of the crime scene after a Friday night shooting where an eight-year-old boy was one of five killed in Cleveland, Texas.
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Police are urging locals to stay inside and clear of the crime scene until Oropeza is captured.
According to Gateway Pundit, Oropoza was intoxicated and began shooting an AR-15 outside on his front porch. That’s when neighbors asked Oropeza to be quiet because they had a baby who was trying to sleep, according to ABC 13 News.
The Texas Department of Corrections has sent a team with dogs, officers on horseback and a drone in the air to assist with Oropeza’s arrest, police said.
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Geo quick facts: San Jacinto County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 27,402. Its county seat is Coldspring. The county’s name comes from the Battle of San Jacinto which secured Texas’ independence from Mexico and established a republic in 1836 – Wikipedia.