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Five dead in Texas 'execution-style' shooting, suspect armed with AR-15 is on the loose
WBAL ^ | 04/29/2023 | Staff

Posted on 04/29/2023 11:29:01 AM PDT by thegagline

Five people are dead after being shot in a Texas home by a suspect armed with an AR-15 style rifle in a horrific series of "execution style" shootings, police said.

A manhunt is currently underway for the suspect, identified by police as 39-year-old Francisco Oropeza, according to ABC station KTRK in Houston.

A judge has issued an arrest warrant for Oropeza and assigned a $5 million bond. Authorities believe Oropeza left by walking or on a bicycle and is currently within a two mile radius of the scene, KTRK reported.

Police said the incident occurred at 11:31 p.m. local time on Friday when officials from the San Jacinto County Sheriff's Office received a call about harassment in the town of Cleveland, about 55 miles north of Houston.

When authorities arrived at the location, they found several victims shot at the property, police said. Three of the deceased were females and two were males, including the youngest, an 8-year-old boy.

Two female victims were discovered in the bedroom lying on top of two surviving children, authorities told ABC News.

Three minors were located uninjured, but covered in blood. They were transported to a local hospital.

Police said they believe the massacre occurred after neighbors asked the suspect to stop shooting his gun in the front yard because there was a baby trying to sleep. *** Police said the suspect "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."

Capers said the shooter used a .223 rifle in the shooting. Capers could not confirm how many times his deputies had been called to the shooter’s property previously.

At least 10 people were in the home when police arrived on scene and all of the victims were between the ages of eight and 40.

Capers believes the 10 people in the home lived together, with four to five of them just moving into the home from Houston within the last three or four days.

Residents are being told to "stay inside [and] stay clear" of the crime scene until the investigation has concluded, but do not believe the suspect, a Mexican national, is in the area.

Police did not disclose the identity of the victims but said the shootings all took place in one home, the victims were all from Honduras and that four of the victims were declared dead at the scene. The fifth victim -- an 8-year-old boy -- was taken to a hospital and he has since been pronounced dead.

Capers told KTRK all of the victims were shot from the neck up "almost execution style."


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: Texas; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aliens; banglist; border; crime; houston; immigration; invasion; mexico; oropeza; texas
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To: jmacusa

If we’re fortunate, the Rapture

Luke 21:34-36

Escape the things coming to pass

Because it’s looking like a nuclear World Was IV is on the horizon


81 posted on 04/29/2023 3:20:32 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Secret Agent Man

They will blame law abiding gun owners and push for more 2A restrictions/laws on the law abiding.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Someone said there was an effective way to handle that thug. The front door should have been left ajar, and the second he stepped across the threshold he should have been given the full load. After confirming that he was on his way to hell, there would have been ample time to dial 911!


82 posted on 04/29/2023 3:36:16 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
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To: SaveFerris

He is probably back in Mexico by now.

May God have mercy on the surviving children.


83 posted on 04/29/2023 3:39:10 PM PDT by miserare ( "Equity" is the new word for Communism.)
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To: MtnClimber
Well...I was gonna say we’re a little less diverse after this shooting, but the replacement rate is probably faster than they can shoot each other.
84 posted on 04/29/2023 3:40:19 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: caww

The Mexican shot the Hondurans. I don’t see what violence they did. More proof to me no good comes from criticizing a person of color.


85 posted on 04/29/2023 3:55:49 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: crusty old prospector

That’s a self lighting weekend bonfire starting kit.


86 posted on 04/29/2023 3:58:28 PM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: Avalon Memories

Mexicans really look down on Hondurans.

This incident looks like raging cartel smuggler kills human trafficking victims in circumstance wide open borders at smuggling station for illegal aliens.


87 posted on 04/29/2023 4:00:20 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: fortes fortuna juvat

And only one version of the story. In short, one dead miscreant given a dirt nap by the 2A.


88 posted on 04/29/2023 4:28:09 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
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To: thegagline
>>a $5 million bond set by a Texas judge<

Indicative of why so many appreciate Texas.
89 posted on 04/29/2023 4:33:31 PM PDT by EliRoom8
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To: jmacusa

You’ve not mentioned that to me Jma. I sit here and wonder if things like this will start happening in this little isolated place. It’s something that never should have started. People from other countries should have to come legally and have to report in person every year.


90 posted on 04/29/2023 5:43:13 PM PDT by WVNan
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To: jmacusa

I’m am so sorry that you are feeling so low, J. Keep the faith my friend. I’m still praying for your wife.


91 posted on 04/29/2023 5:47:03 PM PDT by WVNan
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To: WVNan

Thank you Nan. So nice to hear from you. Sorry I’ve been remiss in posting to you. Nice to see you here.


92 posted on 04/29/2023 6:17:50 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
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To: GAgal

If I was your husband I would grab a handful of boxcar.


93 posted on 04/29/2023 6:42:50 PM PDT by Kickaha (See the glory...of the royal scam )
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To: SaveFerris

Here we go again!!!


94 posted on 04/30/2023 5:29:49 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Kickaha

OTOH...

Deut 25:11-12


95 posted on 04/30/2023 5:30:42 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: thegagline

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96 posted on 04/30/2023 6:11:21 AM PDT by LouAvul (Daniel 4:17: "..the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.." )
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To: GAgal
NO!

I said "COVER".

Everybody has a different home layout, but you certainly don't engage an armed enemy by making yourself a target.

Forget the "shoot him in the leg" nonsense!!!

You're not that good under stress. Aim Center Mass (Chest)!!!

97 posted on 04/30/2023 7:26:51 AM PDT by G Larry ( DEI = Division + Erroneous Indoctrination)
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To: G Larry; marktwain

As I understand it, you can no longer use deadly force with the intent to wound.

Deadly force can only be justified if one feels their life / loved one’s life is in immediate danger.

Others please comment.


98 posted on 04/30/2023 10:49:03 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

...or wounding force with intent to kill?


99 posted on 04/30/2023 1:56:19 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: SaveFerris
As I understand it, you can no longer use deadly force with the intent to wound.

Sure you can. It means there is another line to attack your justification for shooting at all.

Essentially, the question will be, if you had time to shoot to wound, why did you shoot at all? or Were they really a deadly threat, if you only had to wound them?

Most instructors say: Remember, you shot to stop the attack, not to kill, not to wound. You shot to stop the attack.

100 posted on 05/02/2023 11:17:06 AM PDT by marktwain
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