PlusGa. Police Shoot and Kill Kidnap SuspectGa. Police Shoot and Kill Kidnap SuspectThe Associated PressA suspected kidnapper was killed by police in a Waffle House parking lot in Gwinnett County, Georgia after demanding ransom from the alleged victim's family. (July 8)Police in Georgia shot and killed a kidnapping suspect during what was supposed to be a handover of ransom money.The family of Juan Arce-Flores told police that he'd been taken from his Gwinnett Country apartment last week. A close friend went to Arce-Flores' attorney.(SOT: CATHY MORRIS ALTERMAN/ARCE-FLORES ATTORNEY)SHE TOLD ME HE'D BEEN KIDNAPPED AND THEY WERE ASKING A TWO-MILLION DOLLAR RANSOM WHICH WAS OF COURSE IMPOSSIBLE TO COME UP WITH AND WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH MY MIND WAS, WE'RE GONNA GET HIM OUT OF THIS.Cathy Morris Alterman put up 50-thousand dollars of her own money, got a private investigator involved and worked with police to contact the men suspected of holding Arce-Flores.(ALTERMAN)I WOULD'VE DONE THIS FOR ANY HUMAN BEING BUT SINCE HE IS A CLIENT I WAS NOT GONNA LET THEM WIN! Monday, police set up a sting in the parking lot of a Waffle House restaurant. Police say one of the two suspects moved aggressively toward an officer's gun. Police shot and killed him.Arce-Flores' lawyer says he was still being held at a different location by another suspect, who he managed to overpower. He escaped to a church.(ALTERMAN)BECAUSE HE LOOKED SO ROUGH THE CHURCH CALLED THE POLICE AND THE POLICE CAME AND TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY AND SAVED HIMArce-Flores initially gave police a fake name--so it took a while for them to figure out that he was the kidnap victim--one who made it out alive.(TJ WARD/PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR)I WAS IN HOPES THAT WE WOULD. FROM THE INFORMATION THAT WE WERE COMMUNICATING BACK AND FORTH IN OUR WORK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. (ALTERMAN)WE BOTH THANKED GOD THAT HE'S ALIVE AND HE BROKE DOWN INTO TEARS.Police say Arce-Flores initially gave them a fake name because he had an outstanding warrant for failing to show up in court on a 2007 drug charge. ___ ___, The Associated Press. Author: AssociatedPress Keywords: kidnapping shooting ga. police shoot kidnap suspect Added: July 8, 2008
