Jon Perez and his two buddies have just embarked on a weekend adventure in the remote foothills of Kern County, Calif. when they are ambushed by a mysterious stranger that holds them hostage at gunpoint.

Patients and medical staff are caught off guard when an armed gunman takes patients in a maternity ward hostage and causes an entire Utah hospital to go into lock down.

A prank 911 call turns into an erratic hostage situation for a group of firefighters.

In March of 1994, Clifford Lynn Draper hatches a plan to hold a group of twelve hostage on the second floor reading room of the Salt Lake City Public Library.

A former mail delivery driver shoots two people and takes others hostage in an office high rise; an unsuspecting employee becomes a hostage negotiator.

A random missing vehicle check ends up turning into a wild west shootout and hostage taking.