A convicted assassin who escaped from a Texas prison transport bus final month was shot useless by cops on Thursday night time after he allegedly murdered five family members inside their dwelling, authorities mentioned.
Gonzalo Lopez, 46, who had been on the run since Might 12, was killed in a shootout in a residential neighborhood in Jourdanton, Texas, at about 10:30 p.m., the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said.
Shortly earlier than Lopez’s dying, he had been named the prime suspect in the slaying of two adults and three youngsters in Centerville, about 250 miles away from the scene of his deadly shootout, authorities mentioned.
Lopez was in the end noticed by legislation enforcement driving a white Chevrolet Silverado that he stole from the homicide scene.
Police gave chase and Lopez crashed right into a tree after working over spike strips.
He then exited the car and started capturing at officers, who returned fireplace, hanging and killing him, based on Jason Clark, a spokesman for the Texas Division of Felony Justice.
No legislation enforcement officers have been injured in the gunfight.
Clark, at a Thursday night time press convention, mentioned Lopez was armed with a rifle and handgun, which have been believed to have been stolen from dwelling of the homicide victims.
The identities of the victims weren’t revealed on Thursday night time. They have been from Houston, however spent their weekends on the Centerville dwelling, reports said.
Investigators have been tipped off the quintuple homicide by any individual who grew involved after they had not heard from an aged relative, officers mentioned.
Lopez had evaded seize since he managed to slide out of his restraints on the inmate-filled bus and stab the motive force earlier than working off into the woods in Leon County — a rural space between Dallas and Houston that has a inhabitants of simply 16,000 folks
The inmate, who was serving a life sentence for a 2006 homicide, was being transported to Texas’ jail headquarters in Huntsville — about 50 miles north of Leon County — for a medical appointment when he made his escape, officers mentioned.
