A 31-year-old Ocala man was arrested and is facing multiple felony charges after allegedly holding adults and children hostage at gunpoint inside a Reddick residence.
On Tuesday, November 9, multiple detectives, deputies, and sergeants with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence along NW 29th Terrace in Reddick in response to reports of a hostage situation.
One of the victims inside the residence called 911 to report that adults and children were being held at gunpoint by Marvin Nathaniel Hamilton.
According to the caller, Hamilton had been holding everyone in the residence at gunpoint since the evening of Monday, November 8.
The caller told an MCSO detective that he had not spoken with Hamilton in five years. Allegedly, Hamilton accused the caller of being involved in the suicide of Hamilton’s father 25 years ago.
On the evening of November 8, the caller received a phone call from his son stating that he was stopping by to visit. When the caller’s son arrived at the residence, he was being held at gunpoint by Hamilton.
According to the MCSO report, Hamilton ordered the occupants of the house, which included adults and children, to be seated in the living room, and he ordered them not to use their phones.
Hamilton was armed with two handguns, and pointed the gun at the caller while accusing him of being involved in the alleged killing of his father.
The caller stated that Hamilton told him over a dozen times that, “I don’t think you’re going to make it through the night.” Hamilton allegedly interrupted the caller every time that he tried to discuss the suicide of Hamilton’s father.
A one-year-old child was among those being held in the living room, and permission was given by Hamilton for the child and another victim to enter the kitchen. The child dropped a cup, and Hamilton peered into the kitchen.
The caller and another victim jumped onto Hamilton, grabbed the firearms, and demanded that he leave the residence.
Hamilton eventually left the residence, and there was a gap of time between him leaving and law enforcement being contacted.
Hamilton later called his mother, and the call was placed on speakerphone while an MCSO deputy was present to overhear the conversation. Hamilton told his mother, “Y’all are tripping, you know why I did what I did.”
During that phone conversation, Hamilton mentioned that he was going to take his own life. Deputies rushed to Hamilton’s home and were able to apprehend him.
Hamilton told deputies that he visited the residence on November 8, and that he had a conversation in the living room until 5 a.m. He questioned why the victims would get law enforcement involved since “no one was hurt.”
Hamilton was arrested and transported to Marion County Jail where he is currently being held without bond.
He faces 18 felony charges, including kidnapping, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon.
A court date has not been scheduled yet, according to jail records.