Law enforcement searches for escaped convicted murderer on horseback; reward has increased
Lopez escaped in Leon County, a rural area in between"We have no reason to believe he has left the area," the Leon County Sheriff's Office said Saturday."There is no evidence to support that, at this time."
Lopez is serving a life sentence for kidnapping a man and killing him with a pickax in Hidalgo County near the U.S.-Mexico border in 2006, as well as attempted murder for shooting a police officer in Webb County a couple of years earlier, according to Fox 4 Dallas. He overpowered and stabbed the driver before the transport bus crashed on Thursday, authorities said. The driver, a corrections officer, sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
The Leon County Sheriff's Office, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Department of Public Safety, and other agencies were involved in the search on Sunday.
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