Texas shooting: Father tells how gunman opened fire on his family home

A antheral who mislaid his woman and lad successful a deadly wide shooting successful Texas has tearfully recalled the details of the calamity astatine a vigil held connected Sunday.

Wilson Garcia said the sound of a neighbour's gunfire made his one-month-old lad cry, truthful helium and 2 others asked the antheral to determination farther away.

The suspect, 38-year-old Francisco Oropeza, aboriginal fired indiscriminately connected Mr Garcia's home, sidesplitting 5 radical inside, accidental police.

Authorities person announced an $80,000 (£64,000) reward for accusation starring to Mr Oropeza's arrest, funded by Texas Governor Gregg Abbott, the FBI and section authorities.

Mr Garcia said helium "respectfully" asked his neighbour successful the tiny municipality of Cleveland, San Jacinto County, to sprout his weapon farther distant truthful his babe lad could sleep.

"He told america helium was connected his property, and helium could bash what helium wanted," helium told Associated Press.

Mr Garcia called the constabulary 5 times and was reassured each clip that assistance was connected the way. Then helium saw Mr Oropeza moving toward his location and reloading his weapon.

His wife, Sonia Argentina Guzman, told him to spell wrong due to the fact that helium wouldn't occurrence astatine a woman, helium recalled. But she turned retired to beryllium his archetypal unfortunate arsenic helium changeable astatine the house.

There were 15 radical successful the location astatine the clip of the shooting - galore of them reportedly determination connected a religion retreat.

Also among the dormant was Mr Garcia's son, Daniel Enrique Laso, aged nine, and 2 women who died portion protecting Mr Garcia's babe and two-year-old daughter.

Mr Garcia said 1 of the women had told him to leap retired a model to enactment alive, successful bid to instrumentality attraction of his surviving children.

The victims were each from Honduras. The others see Diana Velazquez Alvarado, 21; Julisa Molina Rivera, 31; and Jose Jonathan Casarez, 18.

"I don't person words to picture what happened," Mr Garcia told section news. "It's similar we're live but astatine the aforesaid clip we're not. What happened genuinely was horrible."

Three children contiguous during the shooting who were injured and taken to the infirmary were released connected Sunday, the Houston Chronicle reported.

A manhunt continues for the suspect. He should beryllium considered equipped and dangerous, constabulary said.

San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers said astatine slightest 3 weapons were discovered wrong the suspect's home, CNN reported.

"I tin archer you close now, we person zero leads," FBI peculiar cause James Smith told reporters. "We bash not cognize wherever helium is. We don't person immoderate tips close present to wherever helium whitethorn be. Right now, we're moving into dormant ends."

Following the shooting, much than 150 officers gathered successful a wooded country adjacent the tract to hunt wherever authorities initially believed Mr Oropeza had fled connected foot, uncovering apparel and a phone.

Tracking dogs yet mislaid the suspect's scent, Mr Capers said, but the hunt involving implicit 200 officers continued connected Sunday.

The FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Texas Public Safety Department are each progressive successful the manhunt - which has immoderate instrumentality enforcement connected horseback.

When asked astir the effect clip to Mr Garcia's aggregate calls for help, helium said officers got determination arsenic rapidly arsenic imaginable and that helium had lone 3 officers patrolling respective 100 quadrate miles.

Honduras' overseas minister, Enrique Reina, tweeted: "We request that the afloat value of the instrumentality beryllium applied against those who are liable for this crime."

The incidental came days aft 9 radical were injured astatine a shooting during a teenagers' enactment successful occidental Texas.

Two weeks ago, 4 young radical were changeable dormant during a 16th day enactment successful Alabama.

Firearm incidents are the apical origin of decease for US children and teenagers, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.