Oklahoma manhunt ends with SWAT team dismantling house

A three-day manhunt in Oklahoma ended peacefully Thursday morning when law enforcement arrested Michael Garrett after dismantling a house outside Rush Springs where he had been hiding.

Victims and police response

His mother, Tammy Garrett, said she wasn’t surprised to learn where her son had gone. “It’s his safe place. It’s always.

It’s, it’s a safe place,” Tammy Garrett said. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol confirmed Garrett’s location using a drone and began a standoff.

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We released gas into the residence, trying to coax him out of the residence to end this peacefully,” said Lt. Mark Southall, public information officer for OHP.

When Garrett refused to comply, authorities decided to use heavy equipment to bring the standoff to an end.

“We made a decision to pull an excavator and start dismantling the house piece by piece, until we finally cornered him where he had nowhere to go,” Southall said.

Case background

Garrett, accused of shooting at Bryan County deputies and a homeowner following a botched burglary earlier in the week, was located in a home on County Road 1530, about nine miles east of Rush Springs.