Monday, May 1, 2023

5/1 WAKE-UP CALL: No Leads Hampers Manhunt For Killer

NY Post Composite (5/1/23)

Wilson Garcia (right) on Friday night asked his neighbor Francisco Oropesa (upper left), 38, to stop firing his gun, so his baby could sleep. He threatened to call the police, and Oropesa then murdered his family. Garcia's wife, Sonia Argentina Guzman, 25, and eight-year-old stepson, Daniel Enrique Laso (inset), were among the five people killed. Garcia said that he and Oropesa had lived next to each other for three years. 'I never had a problem with him. I can't believe what he did,' Garcia said. The FBI on Sunday confirmed more than 250 law enforcement officers are hunting for Oropesa, insisting they would not rest until he was caught.

Texas law enforcement expanded its search over the weekend for a gunman accused of fatally shooting five people, including an 8-year-old child. The San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office said Sunday it has expanded its manhunt to roughly 20 miles around the home in Cleveland, Texas, where the shooting occurred. Local officials and law enforcement have offered up to $80,000 in reward money for information that will help authorities find the suspect. The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Houston office identified the suspect as 38-year-old Francisco Oropesa. Law enforcement had previously spelled the suspect’s last name with a Z. On Sunday afternoon, the FBI said it updated that spelling to better reflect his identity in law enforcement systems. The victims were between 8 and 31 years old, the sheriff’s office said. Authorities said their names are being withheld pending family notification. Five other people, including three children, were at the home but escaped injury. 

➤15 RUSSIAN MISSILES STOPPED DURING ATTACK: Ukrainian air defense crews destroyed 15 out of 18 missiles launched by Russian forces in the early hours of Monday morning, the military said, as Moscow intensified attacks on its neighbor in recent days. "Around 2:30 am, the Russian invaders attacked Ukraine from strategic aviation planes," a post on the Telegram channel of Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, the commander-in chief of Ukraine's armed forces, read. It added that 15 out of the 18 missiles launched had been destroyed. Kyiv's city officials wrote on the Telegram messaging app that all missiles directed at the capital were destroyed in what they said was the second attack on the city in three days.

The Vatican is involved in a peace mission to try to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Pope Francis said on Sunday, telling reporters during a flight home after a three-day visit to Hungary that he was willing to do everything that has to be done.

➤UKRAINE MOURNS DEAD CHILDREN: Mourners gathered to pay respects to children who were among those killed in a Russian missile attack in a Ukrainian city. Weeping parents, relatives and friends lined the streets of Uman, in central Ukraine, on Sunday as they buried those killed after two of Vladimir Putin's rockets struck a residential building on Friday. A total of 23 people died in the attack, with Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko saying six children were among the dead. Following the attack the Kremlin had bragged on Telegram its missiles were 'right on target' , despite the fact they hit cities and towns that were miles away from the front lines of the conflict which has raged for more than a year.

➤VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN SUDAN: Sudanese braced for more bloodshed on Monday after rival military forces accused each other of fresh violations of a ceasefire on Sunday as their deadly conflict rumbled on for a third week with no relief in sight. Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands wounded since a long-simmering power struggle between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) erupted into conflict on April 15. Violence has rocked the capital Khartoum and the western region of Darfur despite numerous ceasefire pledges. Together, the army and RSF toppled a civilian government in an October 2021 coup but are now locked in a power struggle that has derailed an internationally backed transition to democracy and is threatening to destabilize a fragile region.


➤BLINKEN TO BE INTERVIEWED MONDAY: FOX News State Department correspondent Benjamin Hall will conduct an exclusive interview with Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday, May 1st. The interview will air during Special Report w/ Bret Baier at 6pm/et and will cover news of the day. This marks Hall’s first major assignment for the network since he was catastrophically wounded while reporting from Ukraine in March 2022. Hall attended Saturday night’s WHCA dinner and sat at FOX’s head table next to FOX News Media CEO Suzanne Scott and President Jay Wallace.

➤3 SOLDIERS KILLED IN ALASKA MID-AIR HELICOPTER COLLISION IDENTIFIED: The U.S. Army identified over the weekend the three soldiers who were killed when two helicopters collided in Alaska while returning from a training mission. The helicopters were headed to Fort Wainwright from a mission in the Donnelly Training Area when they crashed at 1:39 p.m. Thursday, about 50 miles east of Healy. Killed in Thursday's crash were Chief Warrant Officer 3 Christopher Robert Eramo, 39, of Oneonta, New York; Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kyle D. McKenna, 28, of Colorado Springs, Colorado; and Warrant Officer 1 Stewart Duane Wayment, 32, of North Logan, Utah.

➤ARIZONA HIKER HEARS WOMAN CRYING FOR HELP, FINDS HER TRAPPED BETWEEN BOULDERS ON 50-FOOT CLIFF: A woman found herself trapped between to large boulders on a 50-foot cliff in Arizona last week, but reached safety after another hiker heard her cries for help. The 20-year-old woman told rescuers that she was "free climbing by herself" at Pinnacle Peak Park when she slid between the two boulders. She said "her leg got twisted" between the large boulders and could not free herself. The woman struggled for nearly two hours to pull her leg free but still was not able to get it out from between the boulders.

➤MICROSOFT WILL HAVE TO PAY ACTIVISION $3 BILLION IF ACQUISITION FAILS: Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard has faced scrutiny from regulatory authorities globally, with the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) recently rejecting the deal due to concerns over its impact on competition in cloud gaming. While both companies plan to appeal the decision, it is unlikely the deal will go through. In the event of a failed acquisition, Microsoft will have to pay Activision Blizzard a $3 billion breakup fee.

➤MICHAEL J. FOX SAYS HIS BATTLE WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE IS ‘GETTING TOUGHER:’ Michael J. Fox opened up to CBS about living with Parkinson’s disease for “30+ years” in a recent interview. The Back to the Future actor said it’s getting “tougher” living with the disease. "I had spinal surgery. I had a tumor on my spine. And it was benign, but it messed up my walking," he said. "And then started to break stuff. Broke this arm, and I broke this arm, I broke this elbow. I broke my face. I broke my hand." The Teen Wolf star explained that falling “is a big killer with Parkinson’s.” He added, “It's falling and aspirating food and getting pneumonia. All these subtle ways that gets ya'. You don't die from Parkinson's; you die with Parkinson's. I'm not gonna be 80. I'm not gonna be 80."


⚾YANKEES MULL PLACING JUDGE ON INJURED LIST WITH MILD HIP STRAIN: New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge has a mild hip strain that manager Aaron Boone said the team will continue to evaluate through the weekend before determining whether the reigning AL MVP will go on the injured list. "In the grand scheme of things and big picture, we do feel like we got good news on it," Boone said before Saturday's 2-0 loss to the Texas Rangers. "That said, we want to make sure we're doing right by him and by us."

🏈NFL TARGETS MAY 11 TO RELEASE 2023 SCHEDULE: The NFL is targeting May 11 as the date to release its 2023 schedule. Commissioner Roger Goodell and scheduling czar Howard Katz will meet Monday as they continue to try to finalize the schedule. They gained more clarity for that task, particularly in scheduling prime-time games, with the recent trade of quarterback Aaron Rodgers from the Green Bay Packers to the New York Jets as well as the re-signing of Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson.

🏈TEAMS SET RECORD WITH 43 TRADES DURING 2023 NFL DRAFT WEEKEND: When the Houston Texans made the first trade of the NFL's draft weekend, it was the start of a record number of swaps of players and picks that took place Thursday, Friday and Saturday. At the conclusion of draft business Saturday night, teams had completed 43 trades over the three days. It broke the record of 40 trades set during the 2019 draft.

⚾DREW MAGGI GETS 1ST BIG LEAGUE HITS, RBI AFTER 13 YEARS IN THE MINORS: Drew Maggi got his first two major league hits Saturday night, three days after making his big league debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates following 13 years in the minor leagues, in the Pirates' 16-1 rout of the Washington Nationals that concluded a day-night doubleheader sweep. The 33-year-old lined a 2-2 splitter from Hobie Harris into center field for an RBI single in the seventh inning, boosting the Pirates' lead to 13-0.

🏀GRIZZLIES' DILLION BROOKS FINED $25K FOR NOT TALKING TO MEDIA: The NBA fined Memphis Grizzlies small forward Dillon Brooks $25,000 for violating the league's media access policies during the first-round series against the Los Angeles Lakers, NBA executive vice president Joe Dumars announced Sunday morning. Brooks did not make himself available to the media after all three of the Grizzlies' road losses in Los Angeles.

🏀NBA SCORES:
  • Miami Heat 108 vs New York Knicks 101
  • Golden State Warriors 120 vs Sacramento Kings 100



➤TORNADO HITS VA BEACH: Virginia Beach has declared a local state of emergency after a devastating tornado ripped through the city on Sunday afternoon and left a trail of destruction. Mounds of debris were hurled through the air as the twister made its way through the city before it blew roofs off homes, downed trees and capsized boats. One person was trapped in a vehicle near Great Neck Middle School after a branch fell on their car.

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