A posted needed signal for a mass capturing suspect, Francisco Oropesa, is proven Tuesday, May 2, 2023, within the neighborhood the place the capturing occurred Friday, in Cleveland, Texas.

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A posted needed signal for a mass capturing suspect, Francisco Oropesa, is proven Tuesday, May 2, 2023, within the neighborhood the place the capturing occurred Friday, in Cleveland, Texas.

David J. Phillip/AP

Law enforcement officers say the person accused of killing 5 neighbors in southeast Texas early Saturday is now in custody after evading seize for days.

The suspect, 38-year-old Francisco Oropesa, fled the scene, main legislation enforcement on an enormous manhunt over greater than three days.

He was taken into custody “without incident” in Montgomery County, Texas, on Tuesday night, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said.

San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers informed reporters on Tuesday night time that Oropesa was discovered hiding in a closet beneath a pile of laundry. He was taken to Montgomery County Jail and shall be transferred to a facility in San Jacinto County.

Oropesa was positioned after the FBI acquired info on their tip line, mentioned Jimmy Paul, the FBI Houston assistant particular agent in cost.

Oropesa was being held on 5 counts of homicide and a $5 million bond, the sheriff mentioned.

Authorities had provided an $80,000 reward for info and put greater than 250 officers on the case.

The proprietor of the house the place the capturing befell mentioned it occurred after he requested Oropesa to cease firing his gun in his yard as a result of a child in the home was attempting to sleep.

Wilson Garcia, the home-owner, told KTRK that Oropesa got here to his home and shot and killed his spouse, 25-year-old Sonia Argentina Guzman, earlier than coming into the house and capturing different individuals inside.

Authorities recognized the 4 different victims killed within the capturing as Diana Velazquez Alvarado, 21; Julisa Molina Rivera, 31; Jose Jonathan Casarez, 18; and Daniel Enrique Laso Guzman, 9.

Three others had been injured and brought to a hospital.

Ten individuals had been within the house on the time of the capturing, Capers mentioned. Three others had been injured and brought to the hospital.

The gun used was an AR-15 type rifle, he mentioned. Authorities had been nonetheless investigating how he obtained it.

The victims had been all initially from Honduras, and Oropesa is from Mexico, Capers mentioned on Saturday.

The capturing occurred in Cleveland, an 8,000-person city northeast of Houston.