Texas Shooting: New Details Emerge on Ugly History of Suspect

By BERT HOOVER May 01 2023, 22:24 PM EDT

The Texas shooting suspect wanted for the heinous killing of five individuals, including a nine-year-old, had unlawfully entered the country and was deported at least four times, according to a source from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The suspect has been identified as Francisco Oropesa Perez-Torres, as reported by ICE, and an immigration judge had ordered his removal in March 2009, CNN noted.

The source added that Oropesa illegally reentered the US and was caught several times by the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations in September 2009, January 2012, and July 2016.

The current immigration status and timeline of Francisco Oropesa's last deportation from the United States remain unknown.

The Texas shooting suspect allegedly opened fire near a neighbor's home after being asked to stop shooting his weapon.

Police are now requesting the public's cooperation in locating the suspect.

An FBI official, citing the potential danger posed by the armed and dangerous suspect, has deployed more than 250 officers to assist in the search.

Authorities have offered a significant $80,000 reward to secure information leading to his capture.

This harrowing incident is just one of over 180 mass shootings across the United States in the first four months of this year alone.

Texas Killing Survivor Tells What Happened During the Horrific Massacre

A Texas man described in heartbreaking detail the moments after a gunman allegedly broke into his home and killed his wife, 9-year-old son, and three family friends, PEOPLE reported.

A tearful Wilson Garcia told reporters he is "trying to be strong" for his other children.

Before the assault, Garcia claims the Texas shooting suspect fired shots outside his house. Garcia claimed he and the other men went to Oropeza and asked to shoot on the opposite side of the property while the baby slept.

Oropeza was a longtime neighbor of theirs. Garcia claimed that the man had once assisted him in felling a tree.

Garcia claims that he "respectfully" asked Oropeza to stop shooting and that Oropeza responded by saying he was on his property and could do as he pleased.

Garcia added that he and his relatives had dialed 911 five times. Then, he claimed, after another ten to twenty minutes, Oropeza ran up to him and started loading his gun.

Garcia recalls his wife telling him to get inside because she thought Oropesa would not fire at her as she was a woman. Unfortunately, the Texas shooting suspect allegedly went on and killed his wife, Sonia Argentina, 25, then entered the house and began firing at everyone.

There were 15, including Garcia's children, inside the house. Daniel Enrique Laso-Guzman, his son, was just nine years old when he was shot. Authorities previously described the child as eight years old.

Garcia claimed that two women had their bodies between the shooter and his other children, protecting them from harm.

One of the women urged Garcia to flee by jumping out a window just before she was shot.

She reportedly ordered Garcia to throw himself out the window since her kids had already lost their mom, and he had to survive to look after them.

"She was the person who helped me jump out the window," Garcia said.

Texas Shooting Suspect Could Be Anywhere

Five people were shot dead in Texas on Friday night, and police believe the suspect "could be anywhere" and poses a serious threat to the area, according to Daily Beast.

"We do not know where he is," said James Smith, FBI's special agent in charge of the case, Sunday.

The authorities canvassed the neighborhood Sunday for information about Francisco Oropesa, the Texas shooting suspect who allegedly opened fire on his neighbors inside their house after they requested him to cease firing his gun in his yard.

Oropesa fled the incident scene on Friday night, prompting the ongoing hunt. So far, detectives have found clothing, a phone in the wooded area near the shootings, and an AR-15-style rifle that was likely used.

The authorities had him "cornered" in the woods, but the tracking dogs lost their scent, so they expanded their search to include an area up to 20 miles away from the shooting on Saturday night.

"He could be anywhere now," Sheriff Greg Capers of San Jacinto County stated on Saturday.

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Written by: Bert Hoover

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