A Texas inmate serving life for murder managed to break free from his shackles, overpower a bus driver and escape from custody, officials say.
Gonzalo Lopez, 46, was on a transport bus en route from Gatesville to Huntsville for a medical appointment when he escaped in Leon County on Thursday, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said.This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Gonzalo Lopez.
Lopez"was somehow able to get out of his shackles and get into the driver's compartment of the bus," Hurst said. The officer driving the bus was stabbed in the hand and suffered a non-life-threatening injury, he added.MORE: Corrections officer dead after being caught with missing inmate in Indiana
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