Indiana Hostage Standoff Ends Without Injury

A Wabash man fleeing police in a stolen vehicle held a woman and her infant daughter hostage for more than four hours Monday, police said.

Adam McKenzie, 18, surrendered to police about 6:30 p.m. after freeing both hostages unharmed, the Peru Tribune reported. Authorities were questioning him late Monday.

McKenzie was fleeing police about 1 p.m. after being pulled over driving a car reported stolen in Wabash, about 15 miles east of Peru, when he broke into Melissa Parrish's home a few blocks from downtown, Indiana State Police Trooper Marshall Talbert said.

McKenzie faces possible charges of confinement with a deadly weapon, burglary, criminal recklessness, resisting law enforcement and theft, Talbert said.

Parrish, 24, and her 4-month-old daughter, Alyssa, were taken hostage. Negotiators convinced him to release Alyssa Parrish after about 1-1/2 hours and Parrish three hours later. Alyssa was taken to Dukes Memorial Hospital for observation.

Peru is about 70 miles north of Indianapolis.