{"id":1502454,"date":"2022-06-03T12:04:17","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T16:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1502454"},"modified":"2022-06-03T12:04:21","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T16:04:21","slug":"convicted-killer-murders-family-of-five-after-escaping-prison-gets-into-deadly-shootout-with-police-authorities-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/convicted-killer-murders-family-of-five-after-escaping-prison-gets-into-deadly-shootout-with-police-authorities-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Convicted Killer Murders Family Of Five After Escaping Prison, Gets Into Deadly Shootout With Police, Authorities Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fconvicted-killer-murders-family-of-five-after-escaping-prison-gets-into-deadly-shootout-with-police-authorities-say%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1502454&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A convicted murderer got into a chase and deadly shootout with Texas police Thursday night after authorities say he escaped from a prison bus last month and was named the prime suspect in the slaying of a family of five.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalo Lopez was serving a life sentence after he was convicted of murder in 2006 for brutally killing a man along the southern border with a pickaxe, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/gonzalo-lopez-dies-shootout-police-convicted-murderer-prison-bus-escape\/\">according<\/a> to CBS News. After escaping prison on May 12 near Centerville, Texas, authorities say Lopez killed four minors and one adult at their weekend cabin on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lopez was on the state\u2019s top 10 most wanted fugitives list, and the search for the murderer ended Thursday night after he reportedly stole a truck from the family he allegedly murdered and got into a shootout with police. \u201cLaw enforcement in Atascosa County located the stolen vehicle, disabled it with spike strips, and gunfire ensued,\u201d Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lopez crashed the stolen vehicle after hitting a spike strip and was killed in the ensuing shootout. No officers were injured in the gunfight.<\/p>\n<p>The family of five Lopez was suspected of murdering were found dead in their rural cabin on Thursday after being seen alive earlier in the day. The identities and ages of the victims were not released, but according to CBS, four of those slain were minors, and three were young children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLopez is obviously a killer,\u201d Clark <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/06\/03\/us\/gonzalo-lopez-texas-manhunt\/index.html\">said<\/a>. \u201cHe has a disregard for human life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In May, Lopez escaped from a prison bus in Leon County by somehow cutting out of his restraints and proceeding to stab the bus driver. The driver stopped the bus and got out of the vehicle with Lopez when another officer approached. Lopez then got back into the bus and attempted to drive it away, but the officer shot the tires, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez escaped on foot into nearby woods, but no other prisoners escaped.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), Lopez had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/06\/03\/us\/gonzalo-lopez-texas-manhunt\/index.html\">ties<\/a> to the Mexican Mafia and a long rap sheet of violent behavior. Before his 2006 sentencing for murder, he \u201cwas convicted of two counts of aggravated assault and received two eight-year sentences,\u201d ABC 13 <a href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/texas-most-wanted-gonzalo-lopez-escaped-inmate-three-week-search\/11920343\/\">wrote<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another Department of Criminal Justice spokesman, Robert Hurst, warned in a press conference just before his death that Lopez was \u201cvery dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got a life sentence for a capital murder, where he killed a man with a pickaxe and he\u2019s also gotten an attempted capital murder conviction for shooting a gun at a police officer,\u201d Hurst said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A convicted murderer got into a chase and deadly shootout with Texas police Thursday night after authorities say he escaped from a prison bus last month and was named the prime suspect in the slaying of a family of five. 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