The Texas inmate is serving a life sentence for murder.
Authorities are searching for 46-year-old inmate Gonzalo Lopez in Leon County after he reportedly crashed a prison bus before fleeing.– The search continued Friday for a Texas inmate serving a life sentence for murder who escaped from a transport bus after stabbing the driver.after he overpowered the driver, whose injuries were not considered life-threatening, said Jason Clark, chief of staff for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
The Leon County Sheriff's Office said several agencies were involved in the search Friday, including aircraft from the Texas Department of Public Safety.Leon County has roughly 16,000 residents and is about 50 miles north of the state's prison headquarters. Prison records show Lopez was most recently being held at a lockup in Gatesville, more than 100 miles from where authorities were searching.
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