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
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.
