The manhunt of fugitive Gonzalo Lopez that has been active since last month finally came to an end as he was shot and killed by police officers on Thursday.
A fugitive who had been on the run since last month has been shot and killed in Texas. He had assaulted a bus driver when the officials transported him from Gatesville to Huntsville for a medical appointment.
Gonzalo Lopez From San Antonio, TX Wikipedia Explored
Gonzalo Lopez, a fugitive criminal, was shot and killed in San Antonio. Although his Wikipedia details are not available, the news sources have provided information about his criminal history.
He had got a life sentence for capital murder, where he killed a man with a pickaxe. But, as per Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Robert Hurst, he also got an attempted capital murder conviction for shooting a revolver at a cop.
According to the state’s public safety department, he was linked to the Mexican Mafia. In addition, he had ties to the Rio Grande Valley, including Weslaco and Mercedes, and San Antonio.
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He reportedly fled while being transported from the Hughes Unit in Gatesville to the Estelle Unit in Huntsville for a medical appointment. As per officials, he was being transferred in a separate, caged portion of the bus meant for high-risk offenders.
According to the description, he got out of his restraints and crawled out of the cage when they were transporting him.
He allegedly assaulted the bus driver and had gotten into a fight with him. Although an officer at the rear of the bus tried to approach him after his escape, they could not catch him.
Thus, he was on the state’s 10 Most Wanted Fugitives List, and authorities were willing to pay up to $50,000 for information leading to his arrest.
Murderer Gonzalo Lopez Killed By Police
Gonzalo Lopez, a 46-year-old murderer, was shot and killed by police in Jourdanton late Thursday. The search for him became intensive after someone reported that an elderly man was missing.
The report led police to a cabin near Centerville in Leon County, which was the same area where Lopez had escaped. They found four students and their grandfather dead and their white pickup missing inside the cabin.
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The five victims had arrived at the cabin they owned on Thursday, and they had no link to the fugitive. It is unknown if Gonzalo had been living in the cabin or if he murdered them after their arrival.
Authorities in Atascosa County, roughly 220 miles southwest of the cabin, recognized the stolen pickup from a law enforcement notice put out hours earlier and used spike strips to stop it, as per CBS News.
After crashing his pickup into a tree in a residential area, he then fled. Police shot and killed Lopez afterward and ended it so that no other people may become his victim.
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Gonzalo Lopez Murders A Family- Details To Follow
Gonzalo Lopez is believed to have murdered a family of five. Police discovered the dead bodies of one adult and four minors inside a rural cabin. It is said that four of them were students, and the adult was their grandfather.
The details of the victims are not provided in the news sources.