TAMPA -- Body camera footage released by the Tampa Police Department shows officers rescue a woman who was held hostage for four hours over the weekend.
Officials said 24-year-old Tyrese Snead entered his ex girlfriend’s home while she was sleeping Sunday morning and demanded money at gunpoint before he forced her into her own vehicle, which he had allegedly stolen from her a day earlier, according to WFLA-TV.
Snead drove to an undisclosed location where he held the woman hostage and officers were able to locate him at his house.
The body camera video shows the man open the apartment door, then close it after spotting police. The officers were able to breach the door and bring the victim to safety before taking the suspect into custody.
Snead was charged with robbery, home invasion, kidnapping, false imprisonment, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, carjacking and grand theft.
Tampa Police Chief Briand Dugan released the video on Facebook to "spotlight the hard work of the men and woman of the Tampa Police Department."
