Man kills five people in Texas after family complained about gunfire

Man kills five people in Texas after family complained about gunfire
Five people were shot (Houston Chronicle via AP)

A Texas man has shot dead five of his neighbours, including an eight-year-old boy and a teenage girl, after the family asked him to stop firing rounds in his yard because they were trying to sleep, authorities have said.

The suspect, identified as 38-year-old Francisco Oropeza, remained at large more than 12 hours after the shooting that began just before midnight on Friday near the town of Cleveland, about 45 miles north of Houston.

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