Wife of Texas gunman accused of killing 5 arrested on felony charge

A woman said to be the wife of a man who is accused of fatally shooting five neighbors in a dispute outside of Cleveland, Texas, was arrested on Wednesday.

Divimara Lamar Nava, 53, wife of Francisco Oropeza, was arrested on a felony charge of hindering the apprehension or prosecution of a known felon. Law enforcement authorities believe that she hid her husband in the home where he was captured on Tuesday.

Oropeza was captured after more than 200 law enforcement officers searched for him from Texas to the Mexican border for four days.

He was found hiding underneath a pile of laundry in a closet in a house near Conroe, about 30 kilometers from his house where the shooting occurred, according to FBI officials.

Oropeza, 38, fired shots from his front porch on Friday around midnight. A neighbor asked him to be quiet because his 1-month-old baby was unable to sleep from the noise.

Five people died in the shooting, including four adults and a 9-year-old. Two died trying to shield three small children who survived.

Authorities offered an $80,000 reward for information leading to Oropeza's arrest. They said he was captured as they acted on a tip.

Oropeza is from Mexico and has been deported from the United States four times, authorities said.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott called him and the five victims "illegal immigrants" in a tweet announcing a $50,000 reward for information on the suspect. His tweet received wide criticism on Twitter, and he issued an apology on Monday.

While the Texas gunman was captured on Tuesday, police in Atlanta arrested a man, who they said shot and killed one person and wounded four others in a hospital in midtown Atlanta, after a massive search on Wednesday.

All of the victims were women between the ages of 25 and 71, Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said at a news conference. The woman who was killed was 39 and was pronounced dead at the scene. Three victims are in critical condition.

Deion Patterson, 24, who has a military background, opened fire at Northside Hospital, where he was attending a medical appointment accompanied by his mother, authorities said.

During the appointment, he became agitated, pulled out a handgun and allegedly started shooting, police said.

His mother blamed the shooting on the Veterans Affairs, saying he was given "messed up medication".

Patterson hijacked a vehicle and fled the scene.

After getting information that the shooter may have entered Cobb County, investigators checked surveillance and traffic cameras. They found that the vehicle appeared to be the one he was driving and it had entered Cobb County around 12:30 pm, county police Sergeant Wayne Delk said.

That discovery set off a massive search in the county just northwest of Atlanta.

Delk said Atlanta police recovered the vehicle in a parking garage near the Battery, a mixed-use development that is next to the stadium where the baseball team Atlanta Braves plays.

Agencies contributed to this story.