HOUSTON — Eleven months ago George Pickering II was in a very different place in his life. He was in jail, charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

“I felt hopeless,” said Pickering.

In January, Pickering grabbed a gun, marched into Tomball Regional Medical Center and became locked in an hours long stand-off with police. During interviews with police, hospital staff told officers Pickering threatened them.

Pickering’s son, George Pickering III, was in the critical care unit on life support. Pickering said his son  had a history of seizures but in January suffered a massive stroke.

“They were saying he was brain dead, he was a vegetable,” said Pickering.

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