Houston, May 1 : More than 200 officers from different US law enforcement agencies are currently searching for a man in Texas accused of shooting and killing five of his neighbours, including a nine-year-old child, authorities said.

The 38-year-old Francisco Oropesa is accused of the mass shooting at a private residence on Friday night in the city of Cleveland -- about 40 miles northeast of state capital Houston, reports CNN.

The victims were identified as Sonia Argentina Guzman, 25; Diana Velazquez Alvarado, 21; Julisa Molina Rivera, 31; Jose Jonathan Csarez, 18; and Daniel Enrique Laso-Guzman, nine. They were all Honduran nationals.

Investigators initially started tracking Oropesa using his cellphone, but said that trail went cold on Saturday evening and he could now be anywhere.

Addressing a news conference on Sunday, San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers said that the officers are going door to door and asking community members for information while authorities are also creating billboard posters in Spanish to inform everyone of the search.

Speaking at the same conference, FBI Houston Special Agent in Charge James Smith announced a collective $80, 000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the suspect's arrest.

"We don't have any tips right now to where he may be and that's why we've come up with this reward, so that hopefully somebody out there can call us, " Smith said.