SHAH ALAM, Feb. 10 -- A man and his family endured a terrifying 45-minute ordeal when the suspect in the Setia Alam shopping mall shooting incident forced them to drive him away at gunpoint.

Harian Metro reported that the 30-something-year-old driver of a Perodua Ativa, who declined to be named, recounted the distressing experience of being held hostage by the gunman, who instructed him to leave the mall's premises before dropping him off by the highway last Saturday.

"We were about to enter our car when he suddenly appeared in the parking area and pointed a gun at us. I was stunned. He even fired a shot at the wall to show that the weapon was real," he told Harian Metro today.

Recounting the moments leading up to the encounter, the man ...