Author: News Desk

Texas shooting suspect detained after tip-off A man suspected of killing five of his neighbours in a shooting near Houston has been arrested. Francisco Oropesa, 38, was found hiding in a home in Cut and Shoot, Texas, and is accused of shooting his neighbours, all of whom were from Honduras, after an argument about his practice shooting with a semi-automatic rifle. The suspect was arrested just over an hour after a member of the public called in a tip to the FBI, and authorities have praised the bravery of the person who made the call. A reward of $80,000 had…

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Today’s news summary – Paper Talk There is plenty of coronation news leading the newspapers, with several of the front pages lead on the arrest of a man outside Buckingham Palace – following suspected shotgun cartridges being thrown into the grounds of the palace on Tuesday evening. Buckingham Palace incident The Daily Mail described how tourists were corralled behind a cordon until specialists could perform a controlled explosion. The Mirror referred to the episode as a “Coronation security scare,” and reported that the Palace was put into lockdown. Meanwhile, The Guardian noted that new anti-protest laws had been hastily enacted…

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