Grandfather, 4 grandchildren killed by escaped Texas inmate are identified

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Crain said that Mark Collins was aware of Lopez's escape in the area and had been in touch with law enforcement before traveling to the family ranch.
47% : Law enforcement later spotted the truck south of San Antonio.
45% : Jason Clark, chief of staff for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, said he believes the family arrived Thursday at the Leon County property and were killed that afternoon.
38% : He was killed Thursday during a shootout with police after law enforcement south of San Antonio spotted a truck that had been stolen from the family's property in Leon County.
36% : The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said Lopez freed himself of his restraints, cut through a piece of metal in a barrier that separated the driver and crawled under the cage to attack the driver on a highway west of Centerville.
33% : The home was inside the perimeter where law enforcement had been searching for Lopez, a convicted murderer who escaped on May 12 after stabbing a prison bus driver in the hand and fleeing on foot after the vehicle went off the road.

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