she kept on reaching up to the suspect s arm because he was choking her, trying to get some air. feliciano tries to negotiate with the suspect in both english and spanish. he wasn t complying. he immediately just started telling us to put down our guns and to leave, that he would kill her. in the meantime, heavily armed s.w.a.t. teams roll in and surround the building, closing off four city blocks. police move in as the suspect shouts at them from behind his hostage. after repeatedly asking the gunman to drop his weapon, feliciano knows he doesn t have much time left. the gunman s now on the streets with crowds nearby. i m not going to lie to you. it s a scary situation. i m not the best shot. that was one of my fears there, you know, that i would miss my shot and possibly hit miss gonzales. then feliciano gets his opportunity. a police officer moves to the side, temporarily distracting the suspect. feliciano sees a clear shot and
in los angeles. sergeant hector feliciano is in the area and responds to the call over the radio. it looked like a cattle stampede. people were just running everywhere. a few people screaming. there was a man with a gun inside. it just looked like total chaos. within minutes of arriving, feliciano and the other officers spot the suspect. i looked over and i could see he had his arm wrapped around a lady s neck and his other arm in her small of her back. basically he kind of came, worked his way through the little courtyard there, then came out towards the parking lot. the officers keep a safe distance as the suspect walks the hostage slowly up the street with what appears to be a gun at her back. the victim, 31-year-old dunia gonzales, a consulate employee, is pregnant. and feliciano can see she s terrified. you can hear her crying.
feliciano meet for the first time since that tragic day. for his courageous efforts, the medal of valor. feliciano s receiving an award for his bravery, and dunia, who later lost her baby in a miscarriage, is there to express her gratitude. i feel that that day god sent me two angels the one from heaven was my baby, who shortly after the incident went back to heaven. and the one from earth was you. thank you very much. thank you, everybody. outagamie, wisconsin, september 9th, 2004. police are pursuing a man who s abducted his girlfriend s 8-month-old baby girl after a domestic dispute. we were pursuing, and all of a sudden i see a cloud of smoke and then see the skid marks from his car. the suspect s car comes to a
fires a single bullet, hitting the suspect in the head. it all happens within seconds. the hostage is free, shocked but unharmed. the suspect is handcuffed, then taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital. 19-year-old manuel ortiz gonzalez dies the next day. little is known about his motive. he wanted to talk to the media. that s the only thing he demanded at that point in time. it s later learned that the gun he used was a fake, but sergeant feliciano says from 15 feet away there would be no way of knowing. when i found out, it kind of hit me hard. anytime you talk to somebody that s been involved in a shooting, your worst critic is yourself. i sat down and evaluated what could have been done differently. all i can say is on that particular day we did what the citizens of los angeles expect us to do. two years later, dunia and
the area and responds to the call over the radio. it looked like a cattle stampede. people were just running everywhere. a few people screaming. there was a man with a gun inside. it just looked like total chaos. within minutes of arriving, feliciano and the other officers spot the suspect. i looked over and i could see he had his arm wrapped around a lady s neck and his other arm in her small of her back. basically he kind of came, worked his way through the little courtyard there, then came out towards the parking lot. the officers keep a safe distance as the suspect walks the hostage slowly up the street with what appears to be a gun at her back. the victim, 31-year-old dunia gonzales, a consulate employee, is pregnant. and feliciano can see she s terrified. you can hear her crying.