Image via WikipediaBy Randy EconomyLCCN Reporter
NORWALK -- A Norwalk man was arrested on Thursday afternoon after he allegedly took his two-year old daughter from his wife and held the child captive with a shot gun pointed at his child’s head.
The event took place at the 12300 block of Alondra Boulevard on a residential lot that has two dwellings located on the property.
According to Lt. Dana Chemnitzer with the Norwalk Sheriff’s Department, they received a call at 11:05 a.m. from the wife of the suspect, later identified as Gerald Gibbons, 32, who allegedly grabbed their two year old daughter and took her into one of the two houses located on the property.
According to Chemnitzer, Gibbons was holding a shotgun and at times was putting the gun to the head of his daughter.
The couple allegedly had a domestic dispute earlier in the morning that lead up to the incident.
Several squad cars and the SWAT team closed down the area between Alondra Boulevard and Norwalk and Pioneer for a few hours as they tried to coax Gibbons surrender.
According to Chemnitzer, they were able to get in contact with suspect Gibbons via telephone and the situation was resolved without incident.
Gibbons was arrested and his being held at the Norwalk Sheriff’s Station. He is facing at least three felony charges including making terrorist threats, kidnapping, and child endangerment. Bail amount was still pending as of 4 p.m. Thursday.
No one was injured and the neighborhood was reopened at around 2:30 p.m.
For more details visit the Los Cerritos Community News at www.loscerritosnews.net
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