A man from Arizona is accused of stopping a National Guard convoy carrying COVID-19 vaccines in West Texas and holding the soldiers at gunpoint, according to police.
Police say the incident happened on Tuesday, March 23, near Idalou, Texas. Larry, 66, allegedly followed three National Guard vans from a gas station and tried several times to run them off the road before turning his vehicle into oncoming traffic to stop them. Eleven members of the National Guard were in the vans. Police say no one was injured.
Idalou Police Chief Eric C. Williams said in a statement that the man pointed a gun at a National Guard soldier, identified himself as a detective, and demanded to search the vehicles. Authorities say he had three loaded guns and ordered the guard members out of their vehicles at gunpoint.
According to CBS News and the Associated Press, the man told police he stopped the vans because he believed the people inside had kidnapped a woman and a child. That is his own account to police.
He was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, unlawful restraint of 11 National Guard members, unlawful carrying of a weapon, impersonating a public servant, and interference with Texas military forces. A charge is an accusation, not a finding of guilt, and it was not clear whether he had an attorney who could comment.
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