On November 7, 2024, Fred Maier, 83, and his wife Peggy Maier, 77, were found shot to death at their home in Holliday, Texas. A distress call prompted officers to the property, where they encountered the couple’s 28-year-old grandson, Corey Robert Drake of Wichita Falls. Drake fired on responding officers and then barricaded himself inside a metal barn, triggering an approximately eight-hour standoff.

SWAT teams and the Texas Department of Public Safety engaged in negotiations and other tactics to resolve the situation. According to reports, Drake remained uncooperative and at one point aimed his weapon at officers, who then fired and killed him; the standoff ended shortly after 10 p.m. Fred Maier was remembered in the community as a mathematics educator and a former Holliday Volunteer Fire Department chief; Peggy Maier was noted for her genealogy work, crafting and charitable involvement.

If anyone has information about the Maier family, the events at the Holliday property, or the hours leading up to November 7, please share what is known.