Hostage 911

A man takes his wife hostage after she demands a divorce. Negotiators plead with the suspect to let her go but have no idea there is another plan going on inside the house that could have fatal consequences.

An ex-felon with an axe to grind takes his former lawyer hostage, threatening to detonate a bomb if he doesn’t get justice.

When a 10-year-old girl reports being held hostage by a family friend, negotiator Mike Newlin must earn the suspect’s trust. In New Mexico, an assailant takes shelter inside a local tourist attraction, taking everyone hostage.

A father and his twin sons are home when a violent bank robber takes them hostage. A deranged man holds his wife and child hostage in an apartment complex. When he reports killing the wife, police have only minutes to save the child.

It’s nightfall in a dark forest when officers locate a suspect who has taken his three children hostage. Armed and claiming he will hurt his own family, negotiators try to de-escalate the situation and convince him to release the children.

An elderly man faking chest pains takes five EMT firefighters hostage at gunpoint. With a house full of firearms and an unwillingness to negotiate, officers believe he has a deadly plan in mind.

Two mothers face their worst fear: suspects take their children hostage. Negotiators work via text to get a baby to safety, and they draw on their own parenting experience to convince a suspect to give himself up.

A dance teacher receives a message from her ex-husband holding a gun to his head: he claims he’s en route to the dance studio and threatens to murder the family. Officers race to beat him to the scene, pleading with him to stand down.