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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : "TDCJ appreciates the help of law enforcement in finding the escapee and ending this manhunt before Lopez could cause any further bloodshed."
48% : Prison officers, state troopers and local law enforcement swarmed Leon County, using horses, dogs and helicopters equipped with thermal imaging in an attempt to locate Lopez.
45% : Lopez's unusual escape and manhunt had law enforcement scrambling to locate him for two and a half weeks, despite multiple agencies pursuing him shortly after his escape.
42% : From there, he fled into the woods and evaded law enforcement.
37% : Law enforcement located the truck Thursday night, disabled it with spike strips and exchanged gunfire with Lopez before fatally striking him.
28% : Gonzalo Lopez, 46, was killed by law enforcement in Jourdanton, about 35 miles south of San Antonio, according to Jason Clark, a spokesperson for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

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