Armed Man in Custody After Holding Deputies at Bay Along Interstate 45 Tuesday

A man armed with a handgun who held police at bay for 90 minutes while stopped on a North Texas highway is facing charges in three counties after police say he shot at officers, robbed a gas station and stole a pickup truck.[[409517095,C]]

Navarro County Sheriff Elmer Tanner said in a statement Tuesday afternoon that he was notified at about 8:30 a.m. that a man who fired on Limestone County Sheriff's Deputies was believed to be headed north toward Navarro County.

Moments later, he was notified that the man was believed to have also robbed a gas station in Wortham, just south of Navarro County in Freestone County. In Freestone County, investigators said the man abandoned his vehicle and stole a pickup truck.

The man was soon spotted driving through a construction zone along Interstate 45 in Navarro County, pointing a handgun at construction workers in their vehicles, Tanner said.

While driving through the construction zone, the truck became disabled at about 9 a.m. with at least one flat tire near Mile Marker 220.

From Chopper 5, the man could be seen freely walking around the pickup truck, getting in and out of the vehicle while drinking something from a can. The man was visibly waving his arms and gesturing while talking with police officers and deputies.

Navarro County Sheriff’s Deputy Elmer Tanner gives an update on the arrest of an armed man who held police at bay for 90 minutes along Interstate 45 Tuesday, Jan. 2.

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SWAT officers from the Navarro County Sheriff's Office used an armored vehicle to get close to the man before deputies, behind riot gear, confronted the man and took him into custody at about 10:20 a.m.

The highway was closed in both directions during the standoff; southbound traffic was backed up for several miles into Corsicana. The interstate was reopened in both directions by 11:30 a.m.

The man, identified by police as 28-year-old Clint Michael Hobbs, is being held in the Navarro County Justice Center on charges of deadly conduct, felon in possession of a firearm and evading arrest with a vehicle.

With an estimated $70,000 in damage done to the construction site, Tanner said additional criminal mischief charges may be filed against Hobbs.

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