CENTERVILLE, Texas — Autopsy outcomes have been launched for the household of 5 killed by Texas cartel killer Gonzalo Lopez earlier than he was gunned down by legislation enforcement close to San Antonio.
Each of the 5 died because of this of gun and sharp pressure or stab accidents, in response to the Dallas-based Southwestern Institute of Forensic Science’s medical expert’s “cause of death” report.
All have been dominated homicides, the report mentioned.
According to the report:
- Mark Allen Collins, 66, grandfather of three younger males who have been with him when attacked by Lopez, died because of a “shotgun wound of the abdomen and sharp force injuries.”
- Waylon Collins, 18, died because of this of “sharp force injuries and gunshot wound of the back.”
- Bryson Collins, 11, Carson Collins, 16, and Hudson Collins, 11, died because of “gunshot wounds and stab wounds.”
Law enforcement haven’t launched information on precisely how they imagine Lopez killed the Collins household.
Lopez, 46, had been on the run between the time he escaped a jail bus May 12 in Leon County and he shot the Collins household on June 2.
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A Texas jail system spokesman mentioned Lopez killed the household of their weekend cabin and took their pickup truck. He was noticed within the truck in Jourdanton, Texas, roughly 35 miles south of San Antonio.
A shootout ensued — and Lopez was killed — after authorities used spike strips to blow out the tires. Lopez got here out of the truck taking pictures an AR-15 at officers. Officers there engaged in gunfire with Lopez, killing him, in response to Jason Clark with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. In addition to the AR-15, he had a pistol, Clark mentioned.
The rural cabin the place the household was killed is alongside Hwy 7 west of Centerville. Authorities discovered the our bodies of the 5 Collins members of the family inside. The cabin is positioned close to the place Lopez escaped the jail bus. It wasn’t instantly clear if Lopez had been staying within the cabin since his escape.
Affiliated with the “Mexican Mafia,” Lopez had ties to San Antonio and the Rio Grande Valley. In 2006, he was sentenced to life in jail after being convicted of capital homicide and aggravated kidnapping. He obtained a second life sentence in 2007 for tried capital homicide. In 1996, he obtained two eight-year sentences for 2 counts of aggravated assault.