The review came after Gonzalo Lopez escaped on May 12 and eventually killed five people.
This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Gonzalo Lopez. Lopez, a convicted murderer who escaped from a prison bus, was shot dead by law enforcement June 2, 2022, after he killed a family of five and stole their pickup, a Texas prison system spokesman said.The Texas Department of Criminal Justice will resume inmate transportation on Monday following a brief pause after a convicted murderer escaped from a prison bus last month and killed five people.
“The public’s safety is the first duty and highest obligation for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice,” TDCJ executive director Bryan Collier said. The review was sparked after Gonzalo Lopez, 46, who was serving two life sentences, escaped on May 12. He was being taken from the Alfred Hughes Unit near Gatesville to a medical appointment in Huntsville when he was somehow able to remove his handcuffs, cut through a metal door and attack the bus driver, causing the vehicle to stop. Lopez fled into a wooded area and was on the lam for three weeks.
Authorities say Lopez killed one man and his four grandchildren in Leon County while on the loose. Lopez was apprehended and shot by law enforcement on June 2 in Jourdanton, over 200 miles from where Lopez was originally housed in Gatesville, and 250 miles from where the victims died. Authorities believe Lopez killed Mark Collins, 66, and his four grandchildren, Waylon, 18; Carson, 16; Hudson, 11; and Bryson, 11. The Collins family released a statement on
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