‘I need to do something’: Man who subdued murder suspect shares harrowing tale [Video]

As Luis Santiago tells it, he was just reacting how any concerned father would have.

On Tuesday, Santiago was about to pick up his kids in Lowertown when he suddenly found himself locked in a violent struggle with a man accused of stabbing a woman to death.

He would end up punching the man, placing him in a chokehold and ultimately subduing him until security guards and police arrived on the scene.

“There’s always kids walking in this area, parents getting off work, picking up their kids at the daycare,” said Santiago, who shared the story of his harrowing encounter with CBC on Thursday.

“I was thinking in my head, you know, I need to do something.”

Death labelled a femicide

Ottawa police and paramedics were called to a home on Heney Street in Lowertown at around 4:40 p.m. Tuesday.

That was where they found 51-year-old Renée Descary with serious stab wounds.

Paramedics said …