Miami-Dade County, FL – A man who took a postal worker hostage and led police on a lengthy chase surrendered peacefully. Nevia Abraham, 38, put his hands up, and walked backwards into the custody of police just after 4 p.m. Friday afternoon. Abraham had released the woman a half hour earlier.
Police chased the armed suspect in a postal truck through the streets of Miami- Dade and Broward counties for nearly two hours today. When the truck was stopped, it was surrounded by SWAT teams and police.
The Story At A Glance:
- Man carjacks postal truck
- Long, slow chase ends in standoff
- Postal worker held hostage
- SWAT, police surround postal truck
- Several schools lockeddown
- Postal worker released
- Police negotiate with carjacking suspect
- Man surrenders peacefully