Texas’ jail company will droop the transport of inmates after a convicted killer escaped from a jail bus final month and killed 5 members of a household whereas on the run.
The escaped inmate, Gonzalo Lopez, 46, was killed Thursday in a shootout with police hours after officers stated 5 individuals had been discovered lifeless.
While he was being moved for a medical appointment, Lopez was in a position to get freed from restraints and reduce by way of a steel barrier to assault a corrections officer driving the bus and escape close to Centerville on May 12, officers have stated.
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice stated Monday it was suspending inmate transports because it “conducts a comprehensive review of its transportation procedures.”
The company stated that if there’s an emergency medical appointment or one thing else requiring a transport, there shall be additional safety.
How the escape occurred is below investigation, officers have stated. The corrections officer was stabbed within the hand. No different accidents had been reported, the opposite inmates on the bus remained of their restraints, and nobody else escaped.
The Criminal Justice Department says that it’s conducting a overview into the escape and that it’s going to usher in an out of doors firm to conduct an extra overview.
Lopez is believed to have entered a house in Leon County, the place he acquired entry to weapons, after which killed a 66-year-old man, an 18-year-old and three youngsters, the sheriff’s workplace there has stated.
Lopez was noticed later Thursday driving a truck taken from the house. He was then chased, and he finally died in a shootout with police in Jourdanton in Atascosa County, officers have stated.
Killed on the ranch in Leon County had been Mark Collins, 66; Waylon Collins, 18; Carson Collins, 16; Hudson Collins, 11; and Bryson Collins, 11.