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CLEVELAND, Texas (ABC13) -- The FBI is helping in the manhunt for a gunman accused of shooting & killing 5 people -- including a child -- at a Cleveland, Texas, home after neighbors asked him to stop firing his rifle outdoors.
"We consider him armed & dangerous," FBI Houston Special Agent in Charge James Smith said. "He's out there & he's a threat to the community."
Francisco Oropesa, 38, fled after the shooting Friday night.
Investigators found clothes & a phone while combing a rural area that includes dense layers of the forest, but tracking dogs lost the scent.
Police recovered the AR-15-style rifle that Oropesa allegedly used in the shootings, but authorities were not sure if he was carrying another weapon, the sheriff said.
"He could be anywhere now," Capers said.
The attack happened near the town of Cleveland, north of Houston, on a street where some residents say neighbors often unwind by firing off guns.
The victims were between the ages of 8 & 31 years old & that all were believed to be from Honduras. All were shot "from the neck up."
The victims were identified as Sonia Argentina Guzman, 25; Diana Velazquez Alvarado, 21; Julisa Molina Rivera, 31; Jose Jonathan Casarez, 18; & Daniel Enrique Laso, 8. They were all believed to be living in the house, but were not members of a single family, according to the FBI.
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