IDALOU, Texas – An Arizona man was arrested after cutting off a National Guard caravan carrying COVID-19 vaccines to Matador, Texas, and holding 11 unarmed guardsmen at gunpoint Monday morning, police said.

Larry Lee Harris, 66, of Wilcox, is charged with grievous assault with a lethal weapon, unlawful restraint of 11 National Guard soldiers, illegally carrying a weapon, impersonating an officer and meddling with Texas forces in the attack in west Texas, KCBD reported .

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According to a testimony from Idalou Police Chief Eric C. Williams, Harris followed three vans carrying soldiers from a Love’s Travel Station and “tried several times to drive the vans … off the road.”

After Harris turned his vehicle into oncoming traffic to block the three vans, “he pointed a gun at a National Guard soldier, identified himself as a detective, and requested that the vehicles be searched,” explained Williams, noting that the suspect was the guardsmen had withdrawn their vehicles at gunpoint.

When Harris was questioned by police, he said the people in the van abducted a woman and a child, KLBK reported.

All 11 guardsmen were in uniform, KCBD reported.

According to police, Harris was in possession of a loaded 45-caliber Colt 1911 pistol, with one magazine loaded in his person and another loaded magazine in his truck, when authorities responded. He was taken into custody without incident, the TV station reported.

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