On April 28, 2023, a mass shooting occurred northwest of Cleveland in San Jacinto County, Texas, United States,[2][3] resulting in the deaths of five people, including a nine-year-old boy.
[5] The incident took place on April 28, 2023, at approximately 11:31 p.m. CDT, following a call made to the San Jacinto County Sheriff's Office in East Texas regarding harassment.
[2][1][10] According to police reports, the suspect was asked by a neighbor, whose baby was trying to sleep, to stop firing his AR-15 rifle in his yard.
Four of the victims died at the scene, while the nine-year-old boy was transported to a hospital by a fire department ambulance, where he was later pronounced dead.
[10] The Houston field office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was involved in the search, and a judge issued an arrest warrant for Oropeza with a $5 million bond.
[14][15] Initially, an FBI release had incorrect details, including a different spelling of Oropeza's name and a photo of an unrelated person.
[24] The five people who died were all Honduran citizens and have been identified as Sonia Argentina Guzmán (25), Diana Velázquez Alvarado (21), Julisa Molina Rivera (31), José Jonathan Casárez (18), and Daniel Enrique Laso-Guzmán (9).