A domestic violence incident that began late Friday evening turned into a hostage situation resulting in the release of two infant hostages and the arrest of a Napa man early Saturday morning.

Napa Police officers utilized its SWAT team and the assistance of a California Highway Patrol helicopter to apprehend Jose Pedro Aguilar, 25, and arrest him on suspicion of domestic violence, false imprisonment, endangering the health of a child and assault on a police officer.

The dramatic chain of events began at 11:20 p.m., Friday when a 25-year-old female subject walked into Queen of the Valley Hospital for treatment of injuries she told hospital staff were sustained when Aguilar allegedly beat her, Napa Police Sgt. John Kostelac said.

“She reported to officers that the suspect was going to take her two infant children and crash the car and kill himself and the children,” Kostelac said.

When officers arrived at Aguilar’s home on the 2300 block of Barry Street, they spotted Aguilar driving away from it with the two children, Kostelac said

“They got in a chase with him briefly ... he fled at high speed and he ran some stop lights and red signals,” Kostelac said.

Police noticed that Aguilar had at least one of the infants on his lap as he was driving and backed off of the chase for the safety of the children, Kostelac said. A CHP helicopter continued to follow Aguilar and tracked him down to a Shetler Avenue cul-de-sac where police boxed him with their vehicles.

Aguilar attempted to get away and rammed one of the police cars, slightly injuring a police officer, Kostelac said. Aguilar then held the children in his vehicle and a Napa Police negotiator attempted to talk Aguilar into releasing the children and turning himself in.

When Aguilar refused to listen to the negotiator, the SWAT team broke the windows out of the car around 2 a.m. Saturday, grabbed the children and stun-gunned Aguilar. Officers then took him to the hospital to be medically checked and took him to jail.

The woman was treated and released from the hospital, and re-united with her children. The police officer sustained minor injuries.