HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – The suspect involved in the standoff with Holland Department of Public Safety on Sunday has just been released from Holland Hospital and has been revealed to be a 22-year-old man with a long history of violence.
The suspect, 22-year-old Andre Garza-Jackson, was arrested for several charges on Sunday, including those related to the assault with a weapon, Fleeing and Eluding, and Operating While Intoxicated.
The standoff lasted more than four hours after authorities responded to a felonious assault with a gun at 15 West 22nd Street near Central Avenue around 3:40 p.m. Sunday afternoon, August 7. The suspect took off on foot to the home after a Holland public safety officer tried to pull over the suspect’s vehicle. After several hours, the suspect was taken into custody from the attic of the house.
Garza-Jackson has had many troubles with the law, including causing two lockdowns of schools in Zeeland in 2014. He has also been charged in 2014 for destruction of police property for damaging an Ottawa County Jail phone and received two charges in 2016 for marijuana possession and providing a false statement to a police officer.
