Woman High On Meth Slips Off Handcuffs & Shoots Officer With His AR-15

Oklahoma Woman High On Meth Slips Off Handcuffs & Shoots Officer With His AR-15

An Oklahoma woman who was being detained in the back of patrol car slipped off her handcuffs, barricaded herself in the car and proceeded to shoot a deputy with his own AR-15. Authorities say she was high on meth.

The incident, which was all captured on police body cameras, occurred just outside of Oklahoma City in Grady County. The woman was identified as 36-year-old Rachel Zion Clay.

She was initially detained for erratic behavior and was not going to be arrested. However, while in the back seat of the police car, she managed to set herself free from handcuffs. She then located a switch to unlock and retrieve an assault rifle in the back of the patrol car.

 

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She slipped off her handcuffs, barricaded herself in the car and proceeded to shoot a deputy with his own AR-15.While barricading herself in the car, Clay shot at two deputies and civilians nearby. Everyone who got hit by the rifle’s bullets, fortunately, sustained non-life threatening injuries and have since been released from the hospital.

While speaking on the incident, Grady County Undersheriff Gary Boggess said, “While in the back seat of a patrol car, she was able to get her wrist free from the handcuffs and the handcuffs were put on properly.”

Recalling how the woman must have been able to reach into the patrol car’s console and grab a rifle he stated the following:

“There’s several switches, one is a gun switch to unlock the gun lock and she found it, unlocked the gun lock, and was able to retrieve an AR-15 rifle. Then she was able to figure out how to put a round in it, put it on fire and she fired approximately 10 rounds at our deputies and a civilian.”