His comments came as Republican Gov. Greg Abbott faced backlash for referring to the victims as 'illegal immigrants.'
, a Mexican national who has been deported multiple times since 2009, is ongoing, with more than 250 law enforcement officers from dozens of agencies involved in the search.
The victims were identified as Diana Velazquez Alvarado, 21; Julisa Molina Rivera, 31; Jose Jonathan Casarez, 18; Sonia Argentina Guzman, 25; and Daniel Enrique Laso, 9. San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers speaks to the media outside of a crime scene in Cleveland, Texas, where five people, including an 9-year-old child, were killed in a shooting inside a home on April 29, 2023. Capers has garnered praise for saying he does not care if the people killed in the incident were in the country illegally.Law enforcement has not confirmed the citizenship status of the victims. They were reportedly from Honduras and Alvarado was a permanent resident of the U.S.
Abbott's spokesperson, Renae Eze, said information provided by federal officials after the shooting had indicated that the suspect and victims were in the country illegally. "We've since learned that at least one of the victims may have been in the United States legally," Eze said in a statement to"We regret if the information was incorrect and detracted from the important goal of finding and arresting the criminal. The true focus remains on catching this heinous criminal who killed five innocent people and bringing the full weight of Texas law against him," she said.
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