closet. thanks to a at tip from the fb. that person is getting a reward. steve: that s right. casey stegall joins us live from cleveland, texas. the eyes of the nation were on texas and i understand that fbi tip line was ringing off the hook they had a lot of tips coming in yesterday. things moved rely fast when a tip came in about 5:15 central time. 6:15 yesterday evening in new york that the suspect may be hiding out in a house not actually far from the crime scene itself. and just within about an hour from then, a little bit more than that, 6:30 local time, he was taken into custody. cell phone video rolling as the fugitive was taken into custody by advisor tack agents those are highly trained yups of border agents also assisted by marshals and the texas department of public safety. 38-year-old francisco oropesa arrested without incident. his bond set at $5 million and he could have a hearing before a magistrate later today. everybody played a very, very integral part
the pain becomes a part of you everybody, to my house, now. his entire family, gone. i said what are you talkin about, what do you saying? and i really hear it was surreal his fellow cops suspected him. i did not do this, i did not d this she was upset she felt like history wa repeating itself he wants to have women an his wife was in his way. we are police wrong it s like the twilight zone lies become truth and the trut becomes lies maybe the real killer was still out there. you have lied to the police about this case? yes, sir. so devastating. we probably knew that thi was the key to solving this. 13 years, 13 years such an awful crime. the wife the little boy and girl. shot at point blank range. i was just dumbfounded, shocked at what i saw. how to comprehend what do you talking about what do you saying? the husband had an alibi. for ten minutes. he could have done anything he did 13 years, three trials, repeals, reversals and changin st
casey stegall joins us from texas. it sounds like the suspect s wife is in jail as well. yes. it s possible. we know more people are behind bars as well as you heard the sheriff saying that was a little bit of a surprise to us. although there was some indication last night that if they find out people were aiding and abetting, hiding this criminal as this manhunt was underway that those people could face charges so that s possible as well so we just got that update from officials over in liberty county. they just wrapped that up. all of the a agencies involved also taking a little bit of a victory lap. now that the manhunt is officially over. and with little fanfare, i might add. the 38-year-old alleged gunman didn t put up a fight. francisco oropesa found hiding under a closet in a pile of clothes not far from the crime scene itself. the suspect will appear before a court later today by video conference from jail. this all came to an end after a tip was called in and then
that does it for us this hour katy tur reports starts right now. good to be with you, i m katy tur, after a two-week break, congress is back to work, and boy is there a lot to do there is the debt ceiling, which still has not been raised. speaker mccarthy is in new york city today, courting wall street and arguing massive cuts to spending will be good for everyone he wants to get rid of a lot, and he s playing a game of chicken with the white house we re going to explain what mccarthy is doing by showing up in manhattan and why the speaker is betting president joe biden will ultimately negotiate. also here in new york, congressman jim jordan and the house judiciary committee are here the chair held a so-called field hearing on crime today jordan called it powerful. manhattan d.a. alvin bragg just called it a slap in the face to the nypd we also have news on the senate side senators mitch mcconnell and john fetterman are back in washington after a respected medical can m
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