Police managed to stop his vehicle by placing nails in the road and then an exchange of fire followed.
A man who escaped from a Texas jail in Mayfell dead in an exchange of gunfire with police a few days after he is believed to have killed a family of five at her holiday home last weekend.
Police in Jordan, a town south of San Antonio, spotted him on Thursday. Gonzalo Lopez, 46, to drive a van he had stolen from the family. They managed to immobilize the vehicle by placing nails on the road. An exchange of fire ensued with Lopez, who was in possession of an AR-15 assault rifle and a pistol, according to Jason Clark, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Justice, at a news conference.
“I will tell you that we breathe a sigh of relief because Lopez can no longer chase anyone else,” Clark added, noting that no police officers were injured in the shooting.
Gonzalo Lopez was serving two life sentences when he escaped nearly three weeks ago. Officials say he’s affiliated with the Mexican Mafia. https://t.co/v3LIUHLjCZ
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Earlier, the authorities discovered the bodies of two adults and three children inside the family cottage in Centerville. Their truck had been stolen. The identities of the victims have not been revealed.
In addition to the vehicle, there is other evidence linking Lopez to the killings, Clark said, without elaborating.
Authorities in Texas have been conducting a manhunt since May 12, when Lopez escaped after being stabbed by a guard during a transfer to another prison, sat behind the wheel of a transfer bus full of other inmates, and was involved in a car accident. and finally managed to escape.
Lopez was serving a life sentence because in 2005 he killed a police officer.
