The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports Sheriff’s Deputies and Red Oak Police responded at around 1:25-p.m., Tuesday, to a call about rolling domestic incident that involved two vehicles, which were traveling east on old Highway 34, just west of Red Oak. The caller, Meagan Horgdal, told authorities that a black, 2015 Chevy truck driven by 34-year old Garret Horgdal, of Henderson, was making several attempts to force Meagan’s 2014 Chevy Traverse off the road, and that the vehicles made contact several times. Three small children were in the SUV.

Just west of Ginko Avenue and old Highway 34, Garrett Horgdal’s vehicle made contact with the SUV, forcing it into the south ditch. Officers arrived and attempted to take Garret into custody, but he managed to turn his truck around on the highway and fled the scene, leading officers on a 30-mile chase at speeds of up to 90 miles per hour. The chase wound its way into Pottawattamie County, and ended in a corn field one-half mile west of the intersection of 150th Street and C Avenue, back in Montgomery County.

Authorities say during the pursuit, Garret Horgdal drove his vehicle without regard for the public’s safety and other motorists. He also contacted Pott. County Dispatch by cell phone, and advised them he had a firearm, and intended to use it. At point during the pursuit, he swerved at a patrol vehicle at an intersection, and forced a grain truck onto the shoulder by swerving into the wrong lane. Once into the corn field, Horgdal was surrounded by three patrol vehicles. In an attempt to continue, he crashed his truck into the side of a 2016 Dodge Ram pickup, registered to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.

As Horgdal continued his attempt to flee, officers discharged rounds from their firearms into his vehicle. He then quickly surrendered and was taken into custody. Horgdal was eventually transported to the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital, and then to a hospital in Council Bluffs, for treatment of non-life threatening medical issues unrelated to the officer involved shooting. Garret Horgdal faces charges that include four felony counts of Aggravated Assault on a Peace Officer and a felony charge of Eluding.