The mass shooting suspect was found in a laundry basket after an intense police chase

The man suspected of shooting five of his neighbors last Friday in Texas, USA has been arrested after a four-day police chase.

The man, a 38-year-old man, was arrested in Cut and Shoot, Texas, on Tuesday, San Jacinto State Attorney Todd Dillon said. NBC News.

The man, of Mexican descent, is in custody at the Montgomery County Jail and has been charged with first degree murder.

He was arrested at a relative’s house

The accused was arrested at a home where he was hiding under dirty laundry, says San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers. Police officers entered the house after learning that the man could be there.

– He is now behind bars, and there he will spend the rest of his life for his five murders, says the sheriff.

The 38-year-old was arrested at the home of a relative in a small town with the wild name Cut and Shoot. Prosecutor Dillon said at the press conference after the arrest that the man’s wife must have been present.

It is now being investigated whether the family hid the suspected man, he writes Houston Chronicle.

He was killed when he was told to shoot somewhere else

And late last week, five people were shot dead outside Cleveland, Texas.

According to the police, this happened after the suspected perpetrator had opened fire in his garden. He writes that the shooting woke a child who was sleeping in a car Houston Chronicle.

– We thought he would get angry if we asked him to stop shooting, so we asked him not to shoot near our garden. Do it a little further, Ramiro Guzmán told the newspaper.

His sister, her nine-year-old son and two other family members were killed in the mass shooting on Friday. Tragedy struck when the extended family reunited at the sister’s home.

They were killed when they were protecting the children

Because the neighbor who looked drunk got angry. He entered the property and started shooting. Several phone calls were made to the police, but they were told that the police were already at the scene, he writes Houston Chronicle.

But he writes that it probably took more than 20 minutes before the police arrived local media. The perpetrator then disappeared into cleared woods off the property. Five dead behind. They are all from the same extended family.

Nine years younger. They all have a Honduran background. Two women were found murdered in the bedroom of the house. They took refuge inside the house. In desperation, the mothers gave birth to more than three children, all of whom survived.

The male suspect reportedly used an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle. the police

Four days of police pursuit

The police launched a massive manhunt for the perpetrator. They used drones and special dogs to search for the 38-year-old. Texas Governor Greg Abbott offered a $50,000 reward. Police in Cleveland say the information came from all over the United States. A search has also been made for the man on the Mexican side of the border, according to the BBC.

But after the 38-year-old was chased by 200 police officers for four days, he was finally found at the home of a relative.

US immigration authorities said the alleged perpetrator had been deported to Mexico four times. The first time was in March 2009 and the last time in July 2016.

According to Sheriff Capers, police officers have gone to a suspect’s home at least once before after there were reports of a backyard shooting.

He writes that there is a widespread gun culture and shootings frequently in this region Houston Chronicle. This is as an explanation for why the police were so dismissive when 911 was called during the mass shooting.