UPDATE (23:46) – TDCJ officials now say officers found four minors and one adult dead earlier today at a home in Leon County.
Agency officials initially said authorities found two adults and three children believed to be linked to Gonzalo Lopez.
Corrigendum: TDCJ receives updated information on victims. The victims include an adult and four minors. Police remain on the scene and continue to process information about the incident. https://t.co/OkYxXXbdZ4
– TDCJ (@TDCJ) June 3, 2022
They have not yet provided additional information, but said the investigation into the SH-7 home is ongoing.
UPDATE (11:29 p.m.) – The Texas Department of Criminal Justice says the killer of the Gonzalo Lopez cartel is dead.
Officials said the vehicle, which coincided with Lopez’s escape from Leon County, was spotted by lawmakers from the Atascosa County Sheriff’s Office.
They said lawmakers used a device to inflate the tires of vehicles outside of Jurdanton, Texas, and Lopez got out of the truck, firing an AR-15 at police officers.
According to Jason Clark of the TDCJ, officers were involved in the shooting of Lopez, killing him.
Clark said Lopez had a gun in the vehicle along with an assault rifle.
UPDATE (10:48 p.m.) – Convicted cartel killer Gonzalo Lopez is in custody tonight after escaping from custody more than three weeks ago, police said.
That’s what McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara said 25 News Atatos County police arrested the fugitive killer earlier Thursday night.
Authorities said Lopez was traveling in a Chevrolet Silverado belonging to a family they believe may have killed in Leon County.
There is still no information about Lopez’s destination.
This comes when authorities made a horrific discovery at a home near Centerville, where the bodies of two adults and three children were found.
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Gonzalo Lopez, who has disappeared from Leon County by bus, is the “main suspect” in the murder of two adults and three children who were found in a residence within the “search perimeter”, a Texas Criminal Justice official said late Thursday. .
They were killed by Houston, said Jason Clark, chief of staff of the TDCJ.
ORIGINAL HISTORY
Gonzalo Lopez, who escaped from the bus in the Leon County Jail, may be responsible for “five murders”, and Texas Rangers are assisting the Leon County Sheriff in the investigation.
This is stated in a post on social networks from the southeastern region of the Texas Department of Public Safety.
WHAT WE KNOW, according to the authorities:
* fugitive killer Gonzalo Lopez could be responsible for 5 new murders near Centerville
More after #NBAFinals on @ 25NewsKXXV pic.twitter.com/L0sWguY5re
– Todd Unger (@ToddNEWS) June 3, 2022
Shortly before 9 p.m., the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said law enforcement officers found the bodies of two adults and three children in a home within the “search perimeter.”
A 1999 white Chevrolet Silverado, registration number DPV4520, was missing from the residence. It is believed that the escaped prisoner Gonzalo Lopez can drive the vehicle and may be armed.
– TDCJ (@TDCJ) June 3, 2022
A press conference is scheduled for “later tonight” in Centerville. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Texas Department of Public Safety are expected to join the Leon County Sheriff’s Office.
“It is believed that the escaped prisoner Gonzalo Lopez can drive the vehicle and may be armed,” the TDCJ said in a statement.
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25 News will continue to update this history when the information becomes available.
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