Gonzalo Lopez
(AP) — Texas prison officials say a convicted murderer on the run since escaping a prison bus after stabbing its driver last month has been fatally shot by law enforcement after he killed a family of five and took their truck.
State prison system spokesman Jason Clark says Gonzalo Lopez was killed about 35 miles south of San Antonio late Thursday. Lopez was thought to be hiding near Centerville, Texas, when they received a call from someone concerned after not hearing from an elderly relative.
Officers went to a weekend cabin near Centerville and found the bodies of one adult and four minors. Authorities say the family was from Houston.
Officials say law enforcement officers and Lopez exchanged gunfire before he was fatally shot.
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