An armed woman brought traffic on Interstate 45 in the Houston area to a standstill for hours Thursday while law enforcement authorities tried to diffuse

A Texas highway was shut down Thursday for several hours after a 64-year-old woman involved in a crash pulled out a gun and a lawn chair and sat in one of the lanes, sparking an hourslong standoff, authorities said Thursday.

She persistently kept it to her face, her throat, her head, therefore making it very difficult for us to approach her and take the gun away.”