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shitbag jones <shitbag_jones@libidy.con> wrote:

Democrats are stupid criminals.

No argument here.

DALLAS — The escaped Texas inmate on the run for three weeks was
killed in a shootout Thursday after he killed a grandfather and
his four grandchildren at a home, officials said.

Gonzalo Lopez, 46, had no connection to the family that was
found dead in Leon County in east Texas, said Jason Clark, chief
of staff for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

He has been missing since May 12 when he stabbed a prison bus
driver in the hand and escaped on foot in rural Texas, officials
said.

He took a truck from that home, which is about halfway between
Dallas and Houston, and law enforcement in Atascosa County,
south of San Antonio, spotted it and started following, Clark
said.

After the tires were spiked and a short chase, Lopez crashed
into a tree. He got out with a gun and shot at officers who
fired back and killed Lopez, Clark said.

It was not immediately clear what department the officers who
killed Lopez were from, he said. No officers were injured.

Lopez had an AR-15 and a pistol, Clark said, though it was not
immediately clear where the firearms came from and which was
used in the shootout.

The shootout happened around 10:30 p.m. in the city of
Jourdanton, about 250 miles southwest of Leon County, where
Lopez escaped last month after stabbing a prison bus driver.

Officials searching for Lopez received a call from a person who
had not heard from relatives, and when officers went to the home
on Thursday they discovered the bodies, Clark said.

“This is a tragedy that you had five individuals who lost their
lives,” Clark said. “I am thankful that tonight Gonzalo Lopez is
unable to harm anyone else.”

The victims were identified Friday as Mark Collins, 66; Waylon
Collins, 18; Carson Collins, 16; Hudson Collins, 11; and Bryson
Collins, 11.

The family is thought to have arrived Thursday to the house,
which was being used as their vacation property, and were slain
later in the afternoon, Clark said.

The home on Texas Highway 7, about a quarter mile west of
Interstate 45, was inside the perimeter where law enforcement
have been searching for Lopez and had been checked and cleared
"multiple times," he said.

He could not say whether authorities had spoken directly with
the family, who were from Houston.

A family friend said Friday that Mark Collins was aware of
Lopez’s escape in the area and had been in touch with law
enforcement before going to the home.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/escaped-texas-inmate-may- truck-taken-home-5-found-dead-officials-say-rcna29752

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