During the early hours of the search, investigators found clothes and a phone while combing an area that includes dense layers of forest, but tracking dogs lost the scent, San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers said.Īuthorities were able to identify Oropeza by an identity card issued by Mexican authorities to citizens who reside outside the country, as well as doorbell camera footage. Garcia said one of the women had told him to jump out a window "because my children were without a mother and one of their parents had to stay alive to take care of them." The gunman seemed intent on killing everyone, Garcia said.Īlso among the dead were Garcia's son, Daniel Enrique Laso, and two women who died while shielding Garcia's baby and 2-year-old daughter. The house held 15 people in all, several of them friends who had been there to join Garcia's wife on a church retreat. Garcia's wife, Sonia Argentina Guzman, 25, was at the front door, and the first to die. The gunman walked up to the home and began firing. "My wife told me to go inside because 'he won't fire at me, I'm a woman.'" This man has loaded his weapon," Garcia said. Five times the dispatcher assured that help was coming.Īnd then, 10 to 20 minutes after Garcia had walked back from Oropeza's house, the man started running toward him, and reloading. His family continued to called police - five calls in all, Garcia said.
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