Wife of suspected Texas gunman, accused of killing five neighbours, arrested

A four-day manhunt for Oropeza ended on Tuesday when authorities, acting on a tip, said they found the suspect hiding underneath a pile of laundry in a cupboard.

Divimara Lamar Nava (Montgomery County Jail via AP)

The wife of a man arrested over the fatal shooting of five of his neighbours in Texas has also been taken into custody by police in the US state.

Divimara Lamar Nava, 53, the wife of suspect Francisco Oropeza, is in custody in connection with the Friday night shooting, according to Montgomery County Sheriff Rand Henderson.