>> KPRC, 2 news begins right
now with breaking news.
Breaking news. The massive
manhunt for the suspect accused
of shooting and killing 5
people has officially ended
tonight. 38 year-old Francisco
or is behind bars, charged with
first-degree murder.
>> That search stretching about
20 miles starting in San
Jacinto County where that
shooting happened. And then
to cut and shoot were on was
arrested. And now the
Montgomery County Jail and
Conroe where he was processed
tonight. Now to video from Sky
2 taken within the last hour
showing the massive law
enforcement presence in cut and
shoot tonight.
>> Near where the arrest
happened.
>> And we have team coverage
tonight for everything going
on. KPRC two’s Deven. Clarke is
live in Montgomery County Jail.
But first, we want to start
with KPRC two’s Candice Burns
near Cleveland with additional
details on our faces arrest.
>> And how authorities tracked
him down. Candace.
>> He’s a investigators say
Francisco or Peso was arrested
around 6.30, this evening in
the town of cut and shoot.
That’s about 12 miles from
where we are right now in the
Cleveland area. Take a look at
the video we captured of that
arrest. We’re told that a task
force agents arrested or pay.
So this follows an extensive
four-day manhunt involving more
than 250 law enforcement
officers, multiple, local,
state and federal agencies and
numerous volunteers in the
photo we captured. You can see
the suspect was shirtless when
he was handcuffed and placed
input into what appears to be
an SUV. We’re told his arrest
was made after a tip came into
the FBI’s tip line around 5.15
and they arrested him shortly
after that tip, investigators
say or peso was caught hiding
in a closet underneath some
laundry at this time. They
aren’t sure how he got to cut
and shoot and they didn’t say
if he knew the people who own
the home where he was hiding.
We do know that this search
cases started after he went to
a home and opened fire with an
AR 15 rifle, killing 5 people,
including a 9 year-old boy
Friday night. Investigators
say the shooting happened after
one of the people in the home
asked the suspect who was their
neighbor to stop firing his gun
in the front yard because it
was keeping their baby up.
Investigators call this an
atrocious crime. They say
they’re happy that they were
able to bring justice to
victims and their families.
And they’re hoping this arrest
brings the family some peace.
>> The victims and their
families are in the forefront
of our minds. And we’re
extremely delighted that the
suspect was captured. I hope that this will bring them some
that this will bring them some
comfort. And they can grieve.
>> Obviously, it’s still very
early in this investigation.
Still lots of questions that
need to be answered.
Investigators did tell us here
that they are still talking
to people who knew or pace and
his family, both here in the
United States and from his home
country reporting live near
Cleveland, Candice Burns, KPRC,
2 news. Candace, thank you.
And our Deven Clarke continues.
Our team coverage live outside
the Montgomery County Jail.
That is has been processed by
authorities tonight. And Devin,
you’ve been digging into office
as criminal history. What have
you found out?
>> Want a piece of metal.
>> Daniela, Keith, as Candace
mentioned, was captured in cut
and shoot Texas, which is here
in Montgomery County. He was
brought here to the Montgomery
County Jail to be processed.
But we do know that within the
past 45 minutes or so, he was
taken back to San Jacinto
County where those alleged
murders occurred. But
meanwhile, as you mentioned, we
are learning about a violent
criminal history, according to
the San Jacinto County District
Attorney Todd Dylan.
Passes wife filed a protection
order against him just last
year saying that he beat her
back on June 14th. And earlier
today we heard from Sheriff
Greg Capers about that.
>> The constable want to serve
him in another county because
he he left here and never could
make contact with the then 2
days later.
The victim went to the district attorneys office in our county
attorneys office in our county
and palm on prosecution state.
>> Immigrations and Customs
Enforcement says, OK, so who
is a Mexican citizen was in the
country illegally. Officials
say he was 1st quarter removed
from the USA by an immigration
judge in March of 2009 that
he was deported. But he made
his way back to the U.S. and
was deported again in September
of 2009. Then again, in January
2012, after serving time for
DUI, a 4th deportation happened
in July 2016 and of course, a
major question tonight is how a
place that kept getting back
into this country.
>> How he had access to all of
those weapons. Of course, as
this investigation into his
first degree murder charges
continue. We are expecting
prosecutors to dig into that.
Meanwhile, we do know again
that order Pence was taken from
here, the Montgomery County
Jail to the San Jacinto Jail
where he is being held on a
5 million dollars. Bond
reporting live outside of the
Montgomery County Jail tonight.
Deven Clarke, KPRC, 2, 7, Thank
you. We do not want to forget
the true victims of this
tragedy. The 5 shot and killed
ranging in age from just 9
years old to 31. And they
include 9 year-old Daniel and
wreak a lasso 18 year-old.
>> Jose Jonathan and gas site
is 21 year-old Diana Velazquez.
And 28 year-old Sonja Gousman.
>> 38 Lisa Rivera. There were
15 people inside the house at
the time of the shooting and
these 5, we’ll never make it
out. And again, we do want to
go over this timeline for you
of this senseless mass shooting
Friday, April 28th at around
11:00PM San Jacinto County
deputies were called to a home
where 5 people were shot and
killed allegedly by fancy
school on a bus on who was
angry after he was told by a
neighbor to be quiet after
firing off rounds from his AR
15 rifle in his backyard.
According to survivors. Minutes
later on a pace that came to
his neighbor’s house and
started firing his weapon.
Families say the women died
while shielding 2 children who
survived.
>> For 4 days, more than 250
law enforcement officers search
for or that reward money topped
out at $100,000 for any
information that led to an
arrest or pay. So finally was
arrested tonight in cut and
shoot.
Who has been taken out to the
county jail he was in was