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-Lurid Crime Tales-

Nabbed! Texas gunman who killed five is cuffed in cop car after being caught hiding under the LAUNDRY in a closet and arrested - as tip ends four-day manhunt

2023-05-03

[MAIL] The man accused of opening fire on a family in Texas, killing five people, has been arrested following a four-day manhunt.

Francisco Oropesa,

...more fully Francisco Oropesa Perez-Torres, previously Francisco Oropeza...

38, is accused of opening fire on his neighbors after they asked him to stop shooting in his yard because they were trying to get a baby to sleep.

The shooting happened on April 28, and sparked a national manhunt. On Tuesday, sources told NBC DFW that Oropesa was apprehended in the city of Cut and Shoot, Texas.

Officials said Oropesa was found hiding under the laundry in a closet.

Oropesa has been taken to the Montgomery County Jail and is charged with first-degree murder.

Posted by:Besoeker

#5 I used to watch COPS. I vaguely remember a fugitive hiding between a mattress and a box spring. It was the worst game of hide and seek I have ever seen.

Posted by: Super Hose 2023-05-03 15:25

#4 Wasn't it BORTAC guys who got the results at Uvalde after the local LE got tied up messing with the hand sanitizer dispenser?

Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-05-03 10:18

#3 Texas shooting suspect: Gov. Abbott, lawmakers respond after four-day manhunt ends with arrest

Posted by: Skidmark 2023-05-03 08:24

#2 Watch the Mexican embassy (and eurine embassies, and the Pope) swing into action to prevent this creature getting the death penalty.

Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-05-03 06:53

#1 Gateway - Texas Mass Shooting Suspect and Illegal Alien Captured in Cleveland, Texas Area

Posted by: Besoeker 2023-05-03 03:07

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