Good Samaritans in New York City sprang into action Monday night by bravely grabbing an illegal migrant who was wanted for the rape of a 13-year-old girl. They managed to restrain the suspect until police arrived.
Jeffrey Flores of Queens and his neighbors are being hailed as heroes after waiting for hours outside of a bodega for 25-year-old Ecuadorian Christian Geovanny Inga-Landi to show up and then holding him in a headlock until police arrived.
“The community was holding our perp,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Joe Kenny told ABC News.
Inga-Landi waived his Miranda Rights and told authorities he had a drug problem and had never done anything like this before.
He admitted to finding a large knife that he used to force a 13-year-old Queens girl and her schoolmate into Kissena Park before raping her.
The girls eventually escaped and shared what happened with police, giving them a detailed description of Inga-Landi and a distinctive tattoo on his neck.
“These victims gave crucial information that was needed to make this arrest,” Kenny said.
Police released the sketch and also a video sharing the person was still at large.
Flores and community members said they spotted Inga-Landi at a deli in
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