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Police fatally shoot Texas fugitive after family of 5 killed

This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows white Chevy pickup truck reportedly taken from a family by escape prisoner Gonzalo Lopez. Lopez, a convicted murderer on the run since escaping a prison bus after stabbing its driver last month, was fatally shot by law enforcement late Thursday, June 2, 2022, in Jourdanton, Texas, after he killed a family of five and stole their pickup truck from a rural weekend cabin, a Texas prison system spokesman said. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP) This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows inmate Gonzalo Lopez, a convicted murderer on the run since escaping a prison bus after stabbing its driver last month. Lopez was fatally shot by law enforcement late Thursday, June 2, 2022, in Jourdanton, Texas, after he killed a family of five and stole their truck from a rural weekend cabin, a Texas prison system spokesman said. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP) This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Gonzalo Lopez. Lopez, a convicted murderer on the run since escaping a prison bus after stabbing its driver last month, was shot dead by law enforcement late Thursday, June 2, 2022, after he killed a family of five and stole their truck from a rural weekend cabin, a Texas prison system spokesman said.(Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP) These May 12, 2022, photos of a Wanted poster provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Gonzalo Lopez. Authorities say that Lopez, a Texas inmate serving a life sentence for murder who is still on the run after escaping from a transport bus last week got out of his restraints and a caged area before stabbing the driver. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP)