![]() The Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office assisted with the investigation. Idalou Police Department is currently investigating this incident. Harris was arrested for Aggravated Assault w/ Deadly Weapon, Unlawful Restraint of 11 National Guard Soldiers, Unlawful Carrying of a Weapon, Impersonating a Public Servant, and Interference with Texas Military Forces. Harris informed Police that he thought the people in the vans had kidnapped a woman and child. ![]() Harris pointed a gun at a National Guard Soldier, identified himself as a Detective, and demanded to search the vehicles and ordered the Guardsmen out of their vehicles at gunpoint. Boston National Guard units seeking to confiscate a cache of recently banned assault weapons were ambushed by elements of a Para-military extremist faction. Gunman ambushes National Guard convoy carrying COVID vaccine in Texas, cops say A National Guard convoy transporting doses of the COVID-19 vaccine was ambushed Monday morning in west Texas, according to police. The Idalou Police Department continues saying the National Guard Soldiers were on official duty transporting COVID-19 Vaccines to Matador Texas. Harris turned his vehicle into oncoming traffic and stopped the three National Guards vans 3600, and had attempted multiple times to run the vans driven by the National Guard Soldiers off the road. The Idalou Police Department said Harris had followed the National Guard Soldiers from a travel station on E Regis St. The Idalou Police Department said, upon arrival, the Idalou Police Department were met by several uniformed National Guard Soldiers and the Idalou officers took Larry Harris, from Wilcox, Arizona, into custody with further incident.Īccording to the Idalou Police Department, Harris was in possession of a loaded pistol and had an additional loaded magazine on his person and another loaded magazine in his truck. We are grateful that the officers were able to take him into custody without any of the Guardsmen, the officers or the suspect getting hurt.LUBBOCK, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) - The Idalou Police Department reports on Monday, March 22, at about 7:50 a.m., Lubbock County Dispatch was advised of a man that had pointed a gun at a van of National Guard Soldiers and demanded to search the vehicle on HWY 62/82 approximately two miles east of Idalou.Īccording to the Idalou Police Department, two Idalou Police Department officers heard the call come out on the radio and responded to the scene. “This was a very dangerous situation since the suspect was standing in the midst of the unarmed Guardsman with a loaded weapon when the Idalou Officers arrived on scene. Harris appeared to be mentally disturbed,” Williams told WAFB9. He is now facing charges for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, unlawful carrying of a weapon, impersonating a public servant, unlawful restraint, and interference with Texas military forces. None of the Guardsmen were injured during the encounter, and Police Chief Eric Williams said Harris was detained afterwards. ![]() He allegedly claimed that he was a detective, and demanded to search the vans because he suspected that the Guardsmen (who were in uniform) had kidnapped a woman and child. Police say Harris pulled a gun on the unarmed Guardsmen and ordered them out of their vehicles. Harris allegedly tried to run the vans off the road “multiple times,” and he eventually forced them to stop by swerving into traffic and driving his truck in front of them. The Idalou Police Department told WAFB9 that the suspect, Larry Harris, allegedly started following three National Guard vans on Monday that were heading to Matador, TX after stopping at a gas station. An Arizona man was arrested in Texas after allegedly ambushing and threatening a National Guard convoy transporting coronavirus vaccines.
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