When Bridgeport police staked out a home on Gregory Street Wednesday afternoon, the intent was to arrest Nicholas Allwood, 27, for two local stabbings. But police ended up saving a woman who Allwood was allegedly holding captive. During their surveillance, they saw her flee from the front door.

“She came running out of the house while officers were sitting on the house. Nicholas Allwood followed out of the house with a knife. Several officers intervened, took him down and wrestled the knife away from him,” Detective Jeffrey Holtz told News 12.

Police had been actively searching for Allwood after recently learning his identity. Holtz said Allwood first popped up on their radar a few weeks ago under his street name.

“We kept getting calls about domestic violence involving somebody by the name of ‘Hot Head.’ People were continuously calling that this person ‘Hot Head’ was assaulting a female. Every time our department responded to those calls, we couldn't locate the female,” Holtz said.

It wasn't until Allwood himself was shot in the arm Easter morning and gave officers a fake name that police learned his true identity from the U.S. Marshal's Service, according to Holtz. It turned out Allwood was a fugitive with a federal warrant for weapons possession and felony warrants, including one for attempted murder, out of several states, Holtz said.

“We also knew at that time that ‘Hot Head’ was responsible for a stabbing in Bridgeport several weeks ago, so now everything was coming together. Once we got that name, we were actively searching for him,” Holtz explained.

Then on Wednesday morning, Allwood allegedly stabbed that same victim again. Police were called to Hanover Street and found a man with serious injuries. According to the police report, he had two stab wounds to the head, a broken leg and a fractured rib.

“We spent several hours investigating where he [Allwood] might be and eventually had him pinned down at a location on Gregory Street,” Holtz explained.

Investigators were preparing to go in, when a woman bolted from the home, said Holtz, adding that the officers who sprang into action should be commended.

“They disarmed a dangerous felon without anybody getting hurt—the officers, the female victim or this suspect,” Holtz stated. “Our contact with him when he was shot and yesterday when we made that arrest was a high-risk situation. He was extremely volatile.”

According to the police report, once Allwood was in custody, he refused to sit in the patrol car and attempted to kick the rear windows multiple times. He allegedly also spit on an officer. The report said police found individual packages of crack cocaine on him.

During an interview with the woman who’d fled, she said she’d been held against her will by Allwood, according to the report.

It stated the woman was “visibly shaken up and emotional” and detailed how Allwood beat her all over her body and even struck her with a knife on her head.

The report noted “large bruises all over her legs and thighs, including small puncture wounds consistent with a sharp object.”

She also told police that Allwood realized he was surrounded, which spurred her to act.

“He saw the unmarked vehicles out there, made us, and she realized this was probably her chance to escape,” Holtz told News 12. “He’s a very, very dangerous individual, and, you know, Bridgeport is a safer place now that he's off the streets.”

On Thursday afternoon, Allwood was arraigned at Bridgeport Superior Court on charges of first-degree kidnapping, first-degree unlawful restraint, second-degree assault, second-degree threatening, possession with the intent to sell narcotics, assault of a public safety officer and carrying a dangerous weapon.

Assistant State’s Attorney Stephen Lojo requested bond be set at $1 million. He said additional charges related to the stabbing were forthcoming and noted his office was currently reviewing a warrant for attempted murder.

Allwood was represented by public defender Anne Marie Kindley, who requested a bond of $250,000. Kindley said Allwood had lived in the area for four years, was working in the restaurant industry and had two children.

Judge Elizabeth Reid set bond at $1 million and added that if Allwood can post it, he would be subject to GPS monitoring. The judge also issued a protective order, barring Allwood from contact with the woman he’s accused of holding hostage.

Hours after that court appearance, police announced they had charged Allwood with attempted murder in the stabbings. An additional $1 million bond was put on that case. Allwood is expected to be arraigned on the new charge Friday.