Durham man arrested after taking wife, child hostage

Durham, N.C. — A man was arrested after holding his wife and child hostage in their Durham home for about 90 minutes Monday evening.

Officers were called to the house at 2710 Hamilton Green Drive at 4:02 p.m.

"It was involving a gentleman holding his wife hostage in an upstairs bedroom,” said Lt. Robert McLaughlin, with the Durham Police Department.

Thuc Nguyn watched the hostage scene play out from a window in his home. He and other neighbors were warned to stay inside by police.

"We were scared,” Nguyn said.

About a dozen police vehicles surrounded the house as a negotiator talked Jehangir Taraporewalla into surrendering at 5:42 p.m.

"The female and the child came running out of the house, and the suspect came out right behind them and he was quickly taken into custody,” McLaughlin said.

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The woman and child were OK, police said. Taraporewalla, 52, was charged with second-degree kidnapping, assault and communicating threats.

The incident closed Lumley Road for about two hours between  South Miami Boulevard and Bonnie Brae Road.