Woman arrested after breaking free from restraints, stealing and opening fire from a deputy’s rifle

A woman arrested in a police vehicle in Oklahoma is suspected of slipping her handcuffs, stealing an assault rifle, and opening fire on officers.

Earlier in the week, the police department shared a video of the incident.

Rachel Clay is accused of using the rifle in a way that almost hit a deputy and a bystander, as stated by the Grady County Sheriff’s Department.

According to the sheriff’s department, the woman was behaving in an erratic manner. Before the incident, deputies had no intention of transferring her to the jail.

After that, she eventually tested positive for meth.

“When we detain somebody, they actually go in handcuffs. They place you in the back seat of the patrol car. 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. She was able to reach up on our consoles—there are 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,” said Undersheriff Gary Boggess, Grady County Sheriff’s Department.

She finally surrendered to the authorities three and a half hours after the beginning of the standoff. The bail for Clay is now set at $1,000,000.