I'm with you,,get his info, video tape the bastard, then turn him loose in the town square after announcing the fact.
BTW how big is this town? Seems they lost alot of their children. Heart wrenching. I think a lynching might help them cope.
One reason he's "the only surviving hostage-taker" is that the locals DID lynch one of the vermin when they tore him away from his police guards. I bet they felt at least a little better afterwards.
BTTT