BREAKING: A person believed to be the man accused of killing five of his neighbors with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle in their Texas home, was apprehended by law enforcement agents Tuesday, an official said.
, including a 9-year-old boy, with an AR-style rifle after the family confronted him late at night about firing rounds in his yard.late Friday in the town of Cleveland, about 45 miles north of Houston, according to Montgomery County Sheriff Rand Henderson.
Oropesa was was arrested without incident, Henderson said. The sheriff would not say whether Oropesa was armed or how authorities figured out where he was.Sign up for NBC San Diego newsletters. Police had used drones and scent-tracking dogs during the wide search for Oropeza that included combing a heavily wooded forest a few miles from the scene.
San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers said Oropesa had fled the scene after the attack that also left four adults dead. He said his deputies had been called to the suspect’s house at least one other time previously over shooting rounds in his yard.
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