![A Crook Took Someone Hostage at a Brazilian Gas Station — He Likely Wasn't Planning on This Guy Who Had 'Surrendered' Doing What Happens Next](https://www.theblaze.com/media-library/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnRoZWJsYXplLmNvbS93cC1jb250ZW50L3VwbG9hZHMvMjAxNC8wOS9TY3JlZW5TbmFwejA1MC5qcGciLCJleHBpcmVzX2F0IjoxNzc3NzMwNzg3fQ.wPMn0t8uOsFVF-V7zL7if99945wH3EPyMscZIoIoZno/image.jpg?width=980&quality=85)
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Incredible footage reportedly out of Brazil shows what happens when a quick-thinking man tricked a hostage-taker into thinking he had surrendered but then quickly took action and eliminated the threat.
The video shows a group of people congregating at a gas pump. That's when someone comes up behind one of them and takes a bystander hostage. Another man, seen in a blue jacket, sticks up his hands:
But then things take a dramatic turn. The man in the blue jacket quickly reaches under his garment, pulls out a gun and delivers a shot that sends the alleged crook to the ground. Watch it unfold:
The time stamp on the video says it took place on July 31. According to one U.K. outlet, the man in blue is an off-duty military policeman. A translated page of a Brazilian outlet says the incident took place in San Paulo and that the alleged crook was hospitalized in serious condition after firing a shot of his own.
An investigation is ongoing.