A woman accused of holding four people hostage at gunpoint inside an east Saint Paul gas station earlier this week has now been charged with four counts of kidnapping.

Kanisha Deon Wiggins, 31, of Saint Paul, was arrested after a SWAT team breached the door of the Speedway station at 846 Johnson Pkwy. on Tuesday, March 1.

Officers were called there around 3:10 p.m. for the report of a hostage situation. When police arrived outside the Speedway, they saw Wiggins in the common area of the store, armed with a pistol, court documents say.

Wiggins appeared agitated, was pacing back and forth and gesturing with the gun.

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Police used a loudspeaker to try and talk with Wiggins, who demanded to speak to her father, who she said was in federal prison. Wiggins then threatened to shoot the hostages inside the gas station if she wasn’t allowed to talk with her father, the documents say.

During the negotiation, Wiggins said she would let one hostage leave the store to retrieve Wiggins’ cell phone. If the hostage didn’t return, Wiggins threatened to shoot the remaining hostages inside.