Repeated 911 calls, a wait for deputies: San Jacinto County survivors question why help didn’t arrive sooner
It took half an hour for San Jacinto County deputies to arrive, a survivor said. By that time, five people were mortally wounded, and the gunman was gone.
Daniella Silva, Priscilla Thompson and Jon Schuppe, NBC News
Updated: May 2, 2023 at 2:52 PM
San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers answers a question after a news conference, Sunday, April 30, 2023, in Cleveland, Texas. The search for a Texas man who allegedly shot his neighbors after they asked him to stop firing off rounds in his yard stretched into a second day Sunday, with authorities saying the man could be anywhere by now. The suspect fled after the shooting Friday night that left five people dead, including a young boy. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (David J. Phillip, Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
SAN JACINTO COUNTY, Texas – The 911 calls began long before the killing started.
Wilson Garcia said he and his wife first called police late Friday night after their neighbor refused to stop shooting a gun outside and threatened them.
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They waited.
Then the neighbor turned up at the house, occupied by several members of an extended family from Honduras. He had a rifle. He began shooting.