“Law enforcement in Atascosa County located the stolen vehicle, disabled it with spike strips, and gunfire ensued.'
“Law enforcement in Atascosa County located the stolen vehicle, disabled it with spike strips, and gunfire ensued."escaping a prison bus after stabbing its driver last month
Gonzalo Lopez, 46, was killed about 10:30 p.m. Thursday in Jourdanton, Texas, said Jason Clark, spokesman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.Lopez was killed about 220 miles southeast of Centerville, Texas, where Clark earlier said Lopez had killed a Houston family of five at their cabin and stole their pickup truck.
Lopez, 46, had been the subject of an intensive search since his escape from the prison bus. He was being transported in a caged area of the bus from a prison in Gatesville, more than 100 miles west of the place where he escaped, to one in Huntsville for a medical appointment when he escaped in Leon County, a rural area between Dallas and Houston, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has said.
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