The Associated Press
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) - State and federal authorities are considering what charges a Smiths Grove man will face after a four-day standoff.
Russell Sublett, 41, surrendered at about 5 p.m. CDT Saturday after barricading himself in an unoccupied house Wednesday and shooting at federal agents who were trying to apprehend him, said Laura Volk, a special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Sublett was taken to the Medical Center in Bowling Green, where he was in stable condition.
No law enforcement authorities were injured during the standoff.
Sublett charged authorities while he was armed Saturday afternoon, Volk said. An ATF agent fired once, striking Sublett in the right shoulder to halt his advance, she said.
Authorities later resumed discussions that led to Sublett’s surrender, Volk said.
Sublett had holed up in the house after fleeing from Kentucky State Police and ATF on Wednesday. The agencies were preparing to serve a search warrant at Sublett’s home, but he fled in his vehicle.
Officers tried to stop his vehicle with stop sticks, which partially disabled Sublett’s vehicle and it crashed into another. Sublett then got out of his vehicle and exchanged gunfire with officers, officials said. Sublett was hit during the shoot out, Volk said.
Sublett then carjacked a passing vehicle and crashed it into the house, police said.
Neither the woman who was carjacked nor the driver whose vehicle was struck by Sublett’s were injured, police said.
Since the standoff started, Sublett had periodically fired shots at the officers surrounding the house, authorities said.