4 Tomball ISD students and grandfather killed by escaped Texas prison inmate, authorities say
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Police, alerted by a relative that had not heard from the grandfather, discovered the five bodies around 6 p.m. Immediately suspecting Lopez and with details of a pickup missing from the residence — and possibly missing firearms — police sent out a statewide alert for the 1999 Chevy Silverado. Left photo: L-R: Carson Collins, 16; Hudson Collins, 11; and Waylon Collins, 18. Middle photo: Bryson Collins, 12. Right photo: Mark Collins, 66. The five were killed by an escaped prisoner, authorities believe. The boys, ages 11-18, attended Tomball ISD.The Jourdanton Police Chief laid spike strips across the highway, which Lopez drove over, puncturing all of the truck’s tires, Soward said.
The shootout ended a three-week search for Lopez, who was able to cut his way out of restraints and a cage on a prison bus to stab a bus driver for the corrections department. The two tussled as Lopez tried to run away, while a second corrections officer exited the back of the bus and headed toward the front.
“Lopez is a killer,” Clark said about an hour before his capture. “He has a disregard for human life, we know that.”
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