CSPD: SOMERVILLE MAN IN POSSESSION OF IEDs, FIREARMS DROVE NEAR AIRPORT TO ‘COMMIT SUICIDE BY COP’

  

A Somerville man was arrested by College Station police Thursday morning, accused of possessing weapons, including homemade explosives, while driving to the Easterwood Airport.

According to police, a DPS trooper was responding to an unrelated crash when he observed 56-year-old Michael Scott Morgan in a vehicle in the 8400 block of Turkey Creek Road around 4:45 a.m.  

The trooper observed firearms, an open container of alcohol, butane lighters and a crystal-like substance consistent with methamphetamine in the driver’s seat.  College Station police were requested shortly after to take over the welfare check.

Police say Morgan told them he was “attempting to go near the airport to commit suicide by cop by using the rifle to shoot into the air to elicit a police response.”

Upon searching the vehicle further, officers located two devices that appeared to be homemade improvised explosive devices (IED).  The College Station Police Department’s Bomb Squad arrived and confirmed the devices were IEDs before removing and disposing of them.

Morgan was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, two counts of a Prohibited Weapon, and Criminal Attempt Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon on a Public Servant.

Police say the incident appears to be isolated and there is no threat to the general public.  Local, state and federal authorities have been notified due to the proximity to the airport.