GRADY COUNTY, Okla. (KOKH) — A Grady County family is left wondering who will pay after an excavator was used to tear apart much of their home during a standoff that ended Thursday morning outside Rush Springs.
Authorities say Michael Garrett, who is accused of firing at Bryan County deputies, refused to surrender during a daylong manhunt that ended at the home. Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt. Mark Southall said troopers brought in an excavator after Garrett would not come out.
“He refused to come out at that point. We used an excavator to ultimately start dismantling sides of the house until we got him pinned up,” Southall said…