Texas Shooting Kills 5 Neighbors And Charges Suspect With Capital Murder

The gunman, accused of killing five neighbors in Texas after some of them complained that gunfire kept a child from sleeping was charged on Friday, June 30.

Gunman ( Photo: CNN )

Prosecutors brought murder charges against a gunman accused of shooting five neighbors in May outside of Houston

Prosecutors said they did not yet know whether they would seek the death penalty for the gunman Francisco Oropesa a 38-year-old Mexican national who was repeatedly deported from the Houston suburbs in the years leading up to the April attacks, In May he was indicted on five counts of murder. “I think that decision is a little premature,” said San Jacinto County District Attorney Todd Dillon.

The gunman was eventually arrested in rural San Jacinto County about 20 miles from the home where the shooting took place

Police say the gunman broke into his neighborhood on April 28 after neighbors asked him to stop firing the AR-style rifle because a baby was trying to sleep. The five victims were from Honduras including a 9-year-old boy. The gunman evaded capture for days as a manhunt grew to more than 200 officers outside Houston. The gunman was eventually arrested near Conroe, about 32 miles from the house where the shooting took place.

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