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   DALLAS — The escaped Texas inmate on the run for three weeks was   
   killed in a shootout Thursday after he killed a grandfather and   
   his four grandchildren at a home, officials said.   
      
   Gonzalo Lopez, 46, had no connection to the family that was   
   found dead in Leon County in east Texas, said Jason Clark, chief   
   of staff for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.   
      
   He has been missing since May 12 when he stabbed a prison bus   
   driver in the hand and escaped on foot in rural Texas, officials   
   said.   
      
   He took a truck from that home, which is about halfway between   
   Dallas and Houston, and law enforcement in Atascosa County,   
   south of San Antonio, spotted it and started following, Clark   
   said.   
      
   After the tires were spiked and a short chase, Lopez crashed   
   into a tree. He got out with a gun and shot at officers who   
   fired back and killed Lopez, Clark said.   
      
   It was not immediately clear what department the officers who   
   killed Lopez were from, he said. No officers were injured.   
      
   Lopez had an AR-15 and a pistol, Clark said, though it was not   
   immediately clear where the firearms came from and which was   
   used in the shootout.   
      
   The shootout happened around 10:30 p.m. in the city of   
   Jourdanton, about 250 miles southwest of Leon County, where   
   Lopez escaped last month after stabbing a prison bus driver.   
      
   Officials searching for Lopez received a call from a person who   
   had not heard from relatives, and when officers went to the home   
   on Thursday they discovered the bodies, Clark said.   
      
   “This is a tragedy that you had five individuals who lost their   
   lives,” Clark said. “I am thankful that tonight Gonzalo Lopez is   
   unable to harm anyone else.”   
      
   The victims were identified Friday as Mark Collins, 66; Waylon   
   Collins, 18; Carson Collins, 16; Hudson Collins, 11; and Bryson   
   Collins, 11.   
      
   The family is thought to have arrived Thursday to the house,   
   which was being used as their vacation property, and were slain   
   later in the afternoon, Clark said.   
      
   The home on Texas Highway 7, about a quarter mile west of   
   Interstate 45, was inside the perimeter where law enforcement   
   have been searching for Lopez and had been checked and cleared   
   "multiple times," he said.   
      
   He could not say whether authorities had spoken directly with   
   the family, who were from Houston.   
      
   A family friend said Friday that Mark Collins was aware of   
   Lopez’s escape in the area and had been in touch with law   
   enforcement before going to the home.   
      
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