Police in Texas said they were searching for a man believed to have shot dead five neighbours after they asked him to stop firing his rifle late at night.
There have been more than 170 mass shootings -- defined as four or more people wounded or killed -- so far this year in the US, according to the Gun Violence Archive.HOUSTON - Police in Texas said they were searching Saturday for a man believed to have shot dead five neighbors after they asked him to stop firing his rifle in his yard late at night.
"In my opinion, they were actually trying to take care of the babies and keep them babies alive," Capers told ABC's Houston station KTRK. San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers and Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Houston James Smith address the mediaThe suspect"had been drinking, and he says, 'I'll do what I want to in my front yard,'" the sheriff told KTRK.
Texas authorities said an arrest warrant had been issued for Francisco Oropeza, a 39-year-old Mexican national, charging him with five counts of murder.
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