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00:00A man was arrested by the townspeople after being hostaged by a two-year-old boy and a woman in Quezon City last night.
00:07The suspect asked his family to bring him to Laguna to start a new life.
00:12Please watch this sensitive video.
00:16We have first live news with James Agustin. James.
00:21Ivan, the negotiation took more than an hour before the man who was hostaged by a two-year-old boy and a woman in Quezon City last night was fully arrested.
00:34Ivan was saved by the victim who got scratches on his chest.
00:38This commotion took place in Roque 2 in Pasong Tamo, Quezon City, Pasado, Las Diez last night.
00:52He was seen by a man who was holding a child. He was armed with a rifle in his right hand.
00:58The next encounter was when the man was in a jeep with the hostage child.
01:12The CCTV footage shows that the jeep was following the barangay ambulance after the man asked for it.
01:18The suspect was also accompanied by his wife, mother of the child and grandfather who was driving the jeep.
01:24In this CCTV footage, the jeep was following the ambulance on Visayas Avenue.
01:29They were also accompanied by the operatives of the Holy Spirit Police Station who responded to the incident.
01:38When they reached the elliptical road, the jeep stopped.
01:41The suspect seemed to be in a state of panic while he was holding the child.
01:45The mother of the child was trying to stop the jeep, but he tried to stop the jeep several times.
01:49A few moments later, the suspect was cornered when he went down to the corner of Quezon Avenue.
01:57He was saved from his child.
02:07The suspect was chased by the people of the town. He was immediately arrested by the police.
02:13He was brought to the ambulance by a two-year-old girl who was hit on the chest.
02:18His mother was suffering from chest pain because she was hit by the suspect several times,
02:24while the father was hit on the right arm by the rescuers.
02:28According to the mother of the child, they were shocked when the suspect and his wife entered the house.
02:34We entered the room. When we entered the room, he turned off all the lights because he was suffering from chest pain.
02:44He took my daughter, who is a woman.
02:46When he took her, my husband stabbed him.
02:51He took my daughter and pushed her out of our room.
02:58They followed all the requests of the suspect, just to avoid hurting the child.
03:02We walked to the gym while he was holding my daughter.
03:06What did he ask you to do?
03:08He asked us to take them to Los Banos Laguna because he wants to start a new life.
03:14According to the barangay members, they tried to transfer the suspect's car, but the people of the town helped him.
03:21He rode a van and jumped.
03:26We were able to catch him because there was a single-motor vehicle.
03:32He rode it and he was hit.
03:35He was afraid of a single-motor vehicle and his motorcycle fell down.
03:39The 41-year-old was injured by the suspect, who was identified as the father of the child.
03:44He is also a resident of the place where he was a hostage.
03:47Even though he was already in the police mobile, the suspect still refused to let him go and broke the car's window.
03:53The suspect recovered a gun and a knife.
03:57The suspect is now in the custody of the Holy Spirit Police Station and has not been released yet.
04:02He faces multiple complaints, including three counts of attempted murder, grave threat, malicious mischief,
04:09disobedience and resistance to an agent of personal authority, and alarm and scandal.
04:16Meanwhile, Ivan, the police is preparing the necessary documents for the suspect to be included in the inquest proceedings
04:22regarding the complaints he will face.
04:26James, is there any additional information on the possible motive of the suspect or why he was made a hostage or his state of mind?
04:35Yes Ivan, we asked the Holy Spirit Police Station, but they haven't been released yet.
04:43We also interviewed the father of the child and he said that even though he was a child,
04:50he was surprised by the fact that he was raised by the suspect and he didn't think that he would do this to him.
04:59Ivan, how is the two-year-old girl and where is she now?
05:04Yes Ivan, from the hospital, the child is in a good condition, including her parents.
05:13We brought them here to the police station and they will give them to the investigators
05:20to prepare the necessary documents for the inquest proceedings of the suspect.
05:25Thank you very much, James Agustin.
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