Officials say a convicted murderer on the run since escaping a prison bus after stabbing its driver last month was fatally shot by law enforcement in Texas after he killed five members of the same family, including four children. Authorities say the escaped prisoner also stole a truck from the family’s rural weekend cabin. Texas prison system spokesman Jason Clark says 46-year-old Gonzalo Lopez died in a shootout in Jourdanton with police late Thursday. He says Lopez had driven the stolen pickup more than 200 miles. Lopez was armed with an AR-15-style rifle and a pistol when he was killed. He had been the subject of an intensive search since his May 12 escape.
Cops fatally shoot Texas escapee who killed 4 kids, granddad
