Pineda said she didn’t know Oropeza well but occasionally saw him, his wife and son ride their horses on the street. She said she was fearful that the gunman had not yet been captured. Veronica Pineda, 34, who lives across the street from the suspect’s home, said authorities asked if they could search her property to see if he might be hiding there. In the neighborhood, an FBI agent, Texas Department of Public Safety troopers and other officers were seen going door to door.One trooper stopped a red truck and asked to look inside before letting the driver continue on his way. “We’re looking for closure for this family,” Capers said.īy Sunday, police crime scene tape was removed from around the victims’ home, where some people stopped by to leave flowers.

Authorities were not sure if Oropeza was carrying another weapon after others were found in his home.Ĭapers said he hoped the reward money would motivate people to provide information and that there were plans to put up billboards in Spanish to spread the word. Police recovered the AR-15-style rifle that they said Oropeza used in the shootings. He said police have also interviewed the suspect’s wife multiple times. During the early hours of the search, investigators found clothes and a phone while combing an area that includes dense layers of forest, but tracking dogs lost the scent, Capers said.Īuthorities were able to identify Oropeza by an identity card issued by Mexican authorities to citizens who reside outside the country, as well as the doorbell camera footage.

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