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5 Hondurans dead in Texas shooting as armed Mexican with AR-15 is on the loose
2023-04-30
What odds any of the parties are in the country legally?
[NYPOST] Five people — including an 8-year-old — were shot dead with an AR-15 style rifle at a southeast Texas home by an allegedly drunk man, authorities said.
Had they been shot with a Winchester 96 it would have been different.
The incident occurred shortly after 11:31 p.m. Friday when officials from the San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office received a call about a harassment incident in Cleveland, Texas, ABC News reported.
Shooting five people dead is pretty serious harassment.
However, when authorities arrived they found four victims shot dead, the Sheriff’s Office said.
"They're muerte, Jim!"
A fifth person died at a local hospital.
"Rattle"
Three others were injured in the incident, authorities said.
"Ow! My elbow!"
Ten people were inside the home at the time of the shooting, according to KHOU-11.
So he put away half of them.
The victims ranged in age from 8 to 40 years old, and they’re all from Honduras. The 8-year-old and two female victims were discovered in the bedroom, lying on top of two surviving children, authorities said.
Eight year olds and girls are usually unarmed.
The suspect was described by authorities as a Mexican male armed with an AR-15-style rifle who is intoxicated.
"Calling all cars!"
“The Mexican male subject, he has been known to shoot his 223 out in his front yard, which is evident by the shell casings that are laying in the front yard,” said the San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office.
"Stay away from this nutter!”
Residents in and around the Cleveland, Texas, area were told by police to stay inside and stay clear of the crime scene until the investigation has concluded.

Courtesy of Skidmark, the Daily Mail provides the miscreant’s name — Francisco Oropeza, 38 — and a blurry photo.
Posted by:Fred

#11  Fast facts about the mass shooting in Texas:

You'd never know any of this from listening to the network news on TV. It's all about the bad, bad AR-15 with nary a peep about anybody's immigration status, previous crimes and how in the hell did an illegal alien with a criminal record get his hands on an AR-15?
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2023-04-30 17:10  

#10  ^ "This... is why you legal gun owners need to surrender your weapons of war"
Posted by: Frank G   2023-04-30 16:50  

#9  So, where does the "if it saves just one life" crowd stand on these serial deportation offenders?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-04-30 15:24  

#8  According to M’s link, deported thrice, and this is the seco d time he murdered the neighbours.
Posted by: trailing wife   2023-04-30 15:09  

#7  Three-time deportee, so not here legally.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-04-30 14:26  

#6  That will come down to his immigration status.

Straight down the memory hole if he lied about that on his 4473.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-04-30 08:12  

#5  Fast facts about the mass shooting in Texas:

Francisco Oropeza, 39, was firing his rifle around midnight. His neighbors asked him to stop.
Oropeza approached his neighbor’s home, entered, and began firing.
All of the dead victims were shot “execution style” in the head.
Everyone who was shot is believed to be Honduran.
Two dead adults were found lying on top of children to protect them from Oropez.
Oropeza has been trapped in a wooded area. As many as 75 law enforcement officials are set up in a perimeter around the forest.

“One of the victims came out of the house and said, hey, we have a small baby that’s trying to sleep,” San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers reported to KTRK News. “And the man said, I’ll shoot out in my front yard, I do what I want to in my own residence.”

The police responded with dogs, cops on horses, and a drone to help in the manhunt.

Did Oropeza buy his gun legally? That will come down to his immigration status.
Posted by: Frank G   2023-04-30 08:07  

#4  Well, we have been warned that people relocating from blue areas would bring their politics with them...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-04-30 07:58  

#3  /\ Has the 'border crisis' begun to police itself ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-04-30 07:57  

#2  “The Mexican male subject, he has been known to shoot his 223 out in his front yard, which is evident by the shell casings that are laying in the front yard,” said the San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office.

This one is NOT a landscaper
Posted by: Frank G   2023-04-30 07:53  

#1  Charlie is in the wire.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-04-30 06:58  

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