Armed Texas woman sat in lawn chair on busy highway during hours-long standoff with police

An armed woman sat in a lawn chair in the middle of a busy Texas highway on Thursday sparking an hours-long standoff with law enforcement that caused traffic to stand still before she eventually surrendered Harris County Constable Precinct deputies responded Thursday afternoon to a document of an armed woman who was involved in a crash involving an -wheeler on I- South in Spring Texas The woman and the driver of the truck were unharmed in the case After the collision the woman exited her van with a chair and sat down in the middle of the highway The constable s office announced the woman who was armed with a handgun was refusing to drop the weapon TEXAS FATHER OF DIES AFTER SUDDEN LIGHTENING STRIKE AT GOLF CURRICULUM She persistently kept it to her face her throat her head therefore making it very complicated for us to approach her and take the gun away Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez disclosed at a press conference according to Fox The sheriff mentioned she was expressing suicidal thoughts It was a very delicate situation throughout the whole ordeal he reported She has particular mental illnesses that she s dealing with so there s no rationality as far as what s taken place There is specific history of psychosis so that s to be determined Traffic was shut down in both directions during the five-hour standoff backing up traffic as law enforcement attempted to negotiate with the woman Predicament Intervention Response Company members responded to the scene and her daughter arrived as well We allowed her to speak to her daughter to let her know her daughter was safe Gonzalez mentioned adding that the woman was in-and-out of sorts during the mental wellness problem SMALL TOWN LEFT WITH ZERO COPS AS COUNCIL FIRES FINAL OFFICER AMID MOUNTING DRAMA That was something that kept her here with us from doing something foolish Once she realized her daughter was here she was safe she was going to be allowed to see her again it got better at that point the sheriff declared The woman eventually surrendered and was taken into custody before being transported to a hospital for evaluation