A resident of the Texas home where a man opened fire with an AR-15-style rifle said his family called police five times over a span of more than 10 minutes before the rampage that left five people dead and set off a manhunt for the killer.
Wilson Garcia said he asked his neighbor, who was shooting a gun in his yard late Friday night, to shoot farther away because Garcia's 1-month-old son was sleeping. Garcia said he called police when the man refused. The family made four more calls, according to The Associated Press.
I told my wife: Get inside. This man has loaded his weapon,' Garcia said. My wife told me to go inside because he wont fire at me, Im a woman.
Garcias wife, Sonia Argentina Guzman, 25, was the first person shot. Garcia's 9-year-old son also was killed. Garcia said more than a dozen people were in his home at the time and that two women died protecting his infant and 2-year-old daughter, neither of whom was injured.
San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers explained the delayed police response in the town of Cleveland, about 45 miles north of Houston, saying he had only three officers covering 700 square miles. When police arrived, they found a horrifying scene.
"Everybody that was shot was shot from the neck up, almost execution style,'' Capers said.
The suspect, Francisco Oropeza, who has been deported four times since 2009, had been drinking before the shooting, Capers said.
Oropeza, 38, remained at large Monday despite a search involving more than 250 law enforcement personnel from multiple jurisdictions. The Montgomery County Sheriffs Office twice reported possible sightings Monday, but each time the searches come up empty.
He could be anywhere now, Capers said.
Get rid of all these fucking guns.
What should the police have done in your opinion?
Literally send someone down.It looks like they did but there was a delay. They don't even have a local police force. They have 3 officers from another department covering 700 sq miles. That's an impossible situation for the police
The fact they were called 5 times before the people were killed shows the cops weren't even going to do a courtesy check up.
It looks like they did but there was a delay. They don't even have a local police force. They have 3 officers from another department covering 700 sq miles. That's an impossible situation for the police
It looks like they did but there was a delay. They don't even have a local police force. They have 3 officers from another department covering 700 sq miles. That's an impossible situation for the police
My wife told me to go inside because he wont fire at me, Im a woman.
Garcias wife, Sonia Argentina Guzman, 25, was the first person shot.
I should have read your sig, because of course you would defend the shitty police on anything they do.
I just never mind.Yeah, man, woman, child, anything other than possibly infant and you'll find nutjobs ready to shoot you... -_-
. . what?
I was waiting for you to come back and understand why it was an issue, but you just doubled down. This is what happens when you make generalizations, you honestly think the cops are in the bad here because they couldn't be in multiple locations at once. That's ill thinking, my friend.
I can understand the reasoning. 3 cops for 700 square miles is rough.but Texas has a 33 billion dollar surplus according to Fascist Abbott
My city of 10 square miles, with just under 30k population, runs 3 officers at a time most shifts simply due to lack of officers on staff. And that's not enough to do the best.
I cant imagine how hard it is for just 3 officers over an area the size of 700 square miles . If by choice, then that office needs better management. If that is all they had on hand not by choice, but circumstance, I can understand it better.
It sucks either way, but there isnt enough listed to give a full picture.
Yeah, man, woman, child, anything other than possibly infant and you'll find nutjobs ready to shoot you... -_-
There's zero excuse for them not having the man power to have officers on call to the area. Literally paid by tax payers and they do shit for us.I thought it was already established that cops don't have an obligation to protect citizens.
If cops want to keep taking in tax money and proceed to do nothing for the communities, then they don't deserve to be around.
I thought it was already established that cops don't have an obligation to protect citizens.
America!
Yup. And it's a big reason we need to get rid of cops and set up different community based ways to protect people. There was a segment on Last Week Tonight on different approaches to policing with police a couple years ago.
Cops continue to get in the news for killing people and refusing to do anything about actual threats that there's simply no reason for the tax payers to keep them around.
https://twitter.com/poppy_haze/status/1653558616757002245
Yup. And it's a big reason we need to get rid of cops and set up different community based ways to protect people.
Arebb be you saying we should get rid of all cops, and get someone else to enforce the law?
More useless cops
Sheriff Greg Capers explained the delayed police response in the town of Cleveland, about 45 miles north of Houston, saying he had only three officers covering 700 square milesMore like the lack of cops.
More like the lack of cops.If you read the topic this fact doesnt matter to TC
Cops inherently exist to protect the capital, not the people. They do not have the average's person interest at heart. The idea behind defund the police is remove resources that goes towards the police and allocate them in places that actually aim to address a communities needs. Most 911 calls don't need a cop to show up with a gun and would be much better served with a person trained to just deal with people.So, there you go. The answer isnt to get rid of all cops. But rather, to change the basic nature of policing in America, which I would be 100% behind.
The shooter is the kind of person who needs the death penalty.....bUt iTs bArBaRiC aNd hE mIgHt bE iNnOcEnTNo, it's barbaric because it puts innocent people in danger and you're willing to accept that because "justice".
So, there you go. The answer isnt to get rid of all cops. But rather, to change the basic nature of policing in America, which I would be 100% behind.
No, you definitely can just get rid of all cops.https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/1/9/AAPCn7AAEcKP.jpg
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/06/12/camden-policing-reforms-313750
There's no point in keeping the exist system as it exists now.
What should the police have done in your opinion?You serious?
If this is true, then I'll switch my tune. I was going under the impression that the 3 police officers were spread out doing other thingsDon't ever give cops the benefit of the doubt.
No, you definitely can just get rid of all cops.What is the point of even having laws, If there is no one to enforce them?
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/06/12/camden-policing-reforms-313750
There's no point in keeping the exist system as it exists now.
What is the point of even having laws, If there is no one to enforce them?
Current cops do not have to be the means of enforcing laws.How do you figure? If I drive 100 mph down the road, or rip the tag off my mattress, its the police that gather evidence of my malfeasance, and make it so the prosecutors can punish me.
Current cops do not have to be the means of enforcing laws. Trying to fix the current cops is not a reasonable task. You simply have to rebuild something new without the old.Well then fine, if you did that, those new people would be called what? Cops, that is what. So in other words, the answer is is to reform law enforcement, not get rid of it.
rip the tag off my mattress
I see you have no interest in arguing in good faith with this line.The irony from what Ive seen in the topic
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/1/9/AAPCn7AAEcKP.jpg
Right...Camden NJ, pictures like this all over google and youtube titles like
"Camden, New Jersey Might Be The Worst Place in the Country Right Now."
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/1/9/AAPCn7AAEcKP.jpg
Right...Camden NJ, pictures like this all over google and youtube titles like
"Camden, New Jersey Might Be The Worst Place in the Country Right Now."