TEXOMA (KXII) – —Michael Garrett, the subject of a Blue Alert, was taken into custody Thursday morning after a standoff of nearly six hours at a Rush Springs home, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol confirmed. His sister, Crystal, said the family home was destroyed during the standoff.
Garrett, 39, was on the run for nearly two days. The Bryan County Sheriff’s Office responded Tuesday afternoon to a reported home invasion in Mead, where Garrett allegedly fired at the homeowner. No one was injured. The incident prompted a Blue Alert and a multi-agency search across the state.
Standoff at Rush Springs home
Garrett barricaded himself inside the Rush Springs house for nearly six hours, OHP said. Troopers blocked County Road 1530 as they worked the scene. The response included a Bearcat vehicle and an excavator.
“We deployed gas in the house, hoping to take him peacefully,” OHP Lt. Mark Southall said. “He refused to come out and ultimately, we came to the decision to begin to tear the house apart.”…