The Philippine police ended a 10-hour hostage incident in Metro Manila on Monday, convincing the gunman to free all hostages and surrender to the authorities. 

The hostage-taker was identified as Archie Paray, an ex-security guard of the V-Mall in the San Juan City of Metro Manila. He exited the building and surrendered to the police at around 8:18 p.m. local time (1218 GMT). 

The gunman released all the hostages before he left the mall and agreed to leave his pistol and grenades behind. 

Paray entered the mall at around 10:00 a.m. local time (0200 GMT), shot a guard, who was later sent to the hospital, and took around 30 hostages.  

According to a statement from the mall, Paray is a former Safeguard Armor Security Corporation security guard who lost his job at V-Mall.

Mayor of the San Juan district Francis Zamora told local television that the mall has been sealed off, and the shoppers were safely evacuated.

Police were deployed to the scene after the Eastern Police District Tactical Operations Center received a report of a shooting.