LOS ANGELES -- Police have arrested a man who allegedly raped his ex-girlfriend, shot another woman in an attempted car jacking and abducted four children.
The suspect, identified as Angel Samos, 29, was arrested around 5:30 p.m. near 16th Street and Pacific Avenue in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles police Officer Karen Rayner.
Samos had a gun in hand and ran when SWAT officers moved in. Officers opened fire, hitting Samos in the head.
Samos was hospitalized in stable condition, Rayner said.
The children were recovered and were said to be unharmed.
His mother lives in Long Beach, and he had contacted her earlier in the day, police said.
Samos is accused of raping his ex-girlfriend at gunpoint at 2:00 p.m. Saturday at a home near 79th Street and Broadway, said LAPD Lt. Faryl Fletcher of the Newton Station.
Samos then took the woman, her child and a niece to a gas station at 45th Street and Avalon at 10:00 p.m. Saturday night where he attempted to carjack a 24 year old woman, said Lt. Fletcher.
When the motorist resisted the carjacking, Samos allegedly shot her in the back.
The woman is expected to survive her wounds.
Lt. Fletcher said, at some point, Samos' ex-girlfriend fled the scene with two children and picked up two of his own children before escaping.
The children were identified as Matthew Samos, 1, Jose Diaz, 5, Ariana Wade, 6, and Ashley Tathkran, 11.
Police say that the man called authorities from an undisclosed location and has asked to trade at least some of the abducted children for his ex-girlfriend.
Samos is described by officials to be a 5 foot, 11 inch tall Hispanic man weighing 220 pounds and having brown eyes and black hair tied into a ponytail.
He is said to have "multiple tattoos" and was last seen wearing a red shirt, blue shorts, and red and white tennis shoes, say police.
CHP officials say the Samos is traveling in a gold or brown colored 1991 Toyota Previa with California license plate number 5SEF614.
Police believe the car belongs to the suspect's mother.
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