EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — The victim described the terror he felt after a man allegedly took him hostage from a Northeast El Paso bank with the intention of using him as a human shield.
According to the arrest affidavit, the victim told police he was shaking with fear, thinking that he was going to be killed after the suspect, 26-year-old Luis Fernando Colomo, walked into the GECU branch located at 9435 Dyer St. (near the intersection with Diana Drive), and allegedly grabbed him by the back and took him hostage, telling him,
I’m going to use you as a shield if the police or the guys looking for me try to do anything to me…