Texas Shooting Suspect Who Gunned Down 5 Neighbors Is Still on the Run

The suspect, identified as 38-year-old Francisco Oropesa. San Jacinto Sheriff's Office

A male gunman is still at large after allegedly shooting and killing five people, including a child, in Texas late last week in an incident that started with a noise complaint, according to officials.

The suspect, 38-year-old Francisco Oropesa, was allegedly asked to stop firing a rifle in his yard because a baby was trying to sleep, according to the San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office. The suspect then allegedly opened fire, killing five people, including an 8-year-old, during the early morning hours of April 29 in Cleveland, Texas.

In an update posted on social media that night, the sheriff’s office stated, “An extensive manhunt for Oropesa has not yielded his location.”

No updates had been provided by the office as of the morning of April 30.

“If you have any tips or information, please call our office immediately at 936-653-4367. You can remain anonymous. Oropesa is considered armed and dangerous, do not approach or attempt to apprehend. Contact local authorities immediately,” the San Jacinto Sheriff’s Office wrote.

San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers said in a statement that deputies were dispatched to a residence in the Trails End area of Cleveland in response to the complaint.

“While en route, the communications center received multiple 911 calls of an active shooter incident at the dispatch location,” Capers said. “Multiple deputies arrived at the residence and located multiple victims deceased in a residence and several others in critical condition from multiple gunshot wounds.”

He described Oropesa as a Mexican male, and he said the victims were from Honduras. It’s not clear whether the suspect was in the country illegally.

“We know him by name, date of birth. We’ve got his Mexican consulate card. Plus, there was a Ring doorbell on the victim’s house that we actually captured him coming up to the front door with the weapon,” Capers said of the suspect.

In describing what occurred, he said the victims “came over to the fence and said, ‘Hey could [you not do your] shooting out in the yard? We have a young baby that’s trying to go to sleep.'”

The suspect, according to Capers, “had been drinking” and told them, “I’ll do what I want to in my front yard.”

He noted that all the victims were shot above the neck at close range “almost execution style,” according to local reports.

“The Honduran ladies that were laying over these children were doing it in such an effort as to protect the child,” Capers said, reported The Associated Press.

He also said Oropesa had an AR-15-style rifle along with two other weapons inside his home. Police have interviewed his wife.

Authorities said the suspect “has been known to shoot his .223 [rifle] out in his front yard, which is evident by the shell casings that are laying in the front yard.”

FBI Agent James Smith, with the Houston Field Office, told ABC News on the night of April 29 that Oropesa is considered armed and dangerous and a “threat to the community.”

“We’re not going to stop until we arrest him and put him into custody,” Smith said.

Oropesa was described as Hispanic, about 5-foot-8, and was last seen wearing jeans, work boots, and a black shirt. He has short black hair and a goatee, officials said.

Tom Ozimek and The Associated Press contributed to this report.