The Grand Island man who was taken hostage over the weekend by Tyler Manka says his captor held a screwdriver to his throat and threatened to kill him.
The incident began Friday when 27-year-old Tyler Manka, of Grand Island, was convicted of multiple charges related to a July shooting incident where he barricaded himself inside a garage.
GRAND ISLE, Neb. (AP) Law enforcement authorities rescued on Saturday a 60-year-old man who had been taken hostage by an escaped inmate, capturing the inmate and peacefully ending a standoff at an apartment which lasted hours.