After a standoff that lasted several hours Thursday, Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman said the incident "ended peacefully" and the freeway was reopening. The woman involved was detained,

According to Precinct 4, the woman crashed into another vehicle, was later pulled over, and then refused officers' commands. She reportedly pulled out a lawn chair, sat down in the roadway, and held a gun to her head, prompting a full-scale emergency response.

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