A Mexican national is on the run in Texas after allegedly murdering five of his neighbors after they asked him to stop shooting his gun because they had a baby that was trying to sleep.

Officers were initially called to the scene to respond to a complaint about “harassment” in Cleveland, Texas, and while en route, they received numerous calls about an active shooter. The suspect had been firing a rifle in his yard before the incident unfolded, officials say.

Police have charged Francisco Oropeza, 39, with five counts of murder and are actively searching for him. They believe that they have him pinned in a wooded area about a mile away from the crime scene.

“One of the victims came out of the house and said, hey, we have a small baby that’s trying to sleep,” said San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers. “And the man said, I’ll shoot out in my front yard, I do what I want to in my own residence.”

“They went back in their house and then we have a video of him walking up their driveway with his AR-15,” Capers said.

Fox News reported that witnesses said that Oropeza had been drinking alcohol when he went on the rampage.

He allegedly shot each of the five victims in the head. Some of the victims’ bodies shielded young children who survived and were transported to hospitals.

“It’s horrific,” Capers said. “No one should ever have to look at this scene, the blood, the trauma that went on in that house.”

Neighbor Vianey Balderas told The Washington Post that she didn’t think anything bad was happening when she heard gun shots because it was common place.

“When I heard those gunshots, I didn’t think anything of it because in this neighborhood everyone has guns. Every weekend you hear gunshots,” she said. “People shoot in their backyards, after they drink alcohol, men take out guns at house parties and shoot the ground.”

TX: Manhunt underway for 38-year-old Francisco Oropeza who is a Mexican national according to San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers— Who tells @NewsNation Oropeza shot and killed 5 people in Cleveland, Texas including an 8-year-old boy.

Officers are currently using drones and… https://t.co/SZGvzRhiNl pic.twitter.com/jBWHW1C2hx

— Ali Bradley (@AliBradleyTV) April 29, 2023

Welp, Saturday night is the annual “White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner” and the Beltway media crowd is particularly elated because both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will be in attendance.

Most in attendance view themselves as the cornerstone of Democracy, when in actuality they are propagandists for the professional political class. But one veteran journalist is offering advice to his colleagues while cautioning Americans to watch out for what he dubs the “most dangerous” kind of reporter.

“The @WhiteHouse press corps is under harsh scrutiny as never before — just as we prepare to gather, chummily, with @POTUS for the @whca #WHCA dinner tonight,” Newsmax White House reporter James Rosen tweeted. “Here is what I think, based on twenty-five years in the Washington media, and as a reporter who aspires to objectivity.”

The @WhiteHouse press corps is under harsh scrutiny as never before — just as we prepare to gather, chummily, with @POTUS for the @whca #WHCA dinner tonight. Here is what I think, based on twenty-five years in the Washington media, and as a reporter who aspires to objectivity. —>

— James Rosen (@JamesRosenTV) April 29, 2023

Rosen praised many of his fellow press pool participants, acknowledging that they do actual journalism.

“But beware the reporters, in and beyond the @WhiteHouse, who believe themselves to be innately without bias and fearless pursuers of The Truth; they are the most dangerous, and often the most biased,” he tweeted. 

(contd) But beware the reporters, in and beyond the @WhiteHouse, who believe themselves to be innately without bias and fearless pursuers of The Truth; they are the most dangerous, and often the most biased. —>

— James Rosen (@JamesRosenTV) April 29, 2023

Rosen also admonished the White House for their contempt of journalism. He seems to be the only member of the press, save maybe Peter Doocey and Simon Ateba, who acknowledges that Biden and his lackeys, such as White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, treat the press with utter disdain. KJP rarely gives straightforward answers, the president shies away from off-the-cuff questions, and his team dreams about censoring so-called “misinformation” and squashing free speech.

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“The current  @WhiteHouse disrespects the press corps in ways large and small on a daily basis, and tonight we will hear @POTUS serve up syrupy platitudes about his respect for us and the critical role we play in American democracy,” Rosen tweeted. “It will be difficult to take. At least @realDonaldTrump, his own contempt for the press notwithstanding, stayed away from the dinner and spared us the hypocrisy.”

Rosen also had some advice for the current White House Correspondents Association president, Tamara Keith of NPR. In that role, she’ll give an address Saturday night at the dinner in Washington, D.C.