Deadly standoff suspect had history of assault, weapons convictions - Monitor
Lopez had assaulted his 35-year-old wife and 13-year-old daughter shortly before officers arrived about 3:45 p. m. , said police Lt. Oscar Treviño. Lopez then locked himself inside his bedroom with a rifle and threatened to kill himself during a three-hour standoff, authorities said. Court records show that Lopez was in a similar situation with police after he punched his girlfriend in the face inside a McAllen home on July 31, 2002. The 28-year-old woman fled to a neighbor’s home, where she called police and told them Lopez... Police evacuated a two-block radius around the home in the 1900 block of South 33rd Street. Rodriguez and three other officers entered the home about 9:30 a. m. and located a man and a female inside one of the bedrooms. Lopez later walked out of the home with his hands up and surrendered to police, who found cocaine on him. Inside the home, police also found a handgun magazine with six. No weapon was discovered in the home and Lopez was only charged and convicted for assault, a Class A misdemeanor. Lopez’s record also shows a conviction for unlawful possession of a weapon in 1993 and a 2006 state jail felony conviction for possession of a controlled substance. Source: www.themonitor.com
