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THE BATTALION
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Murder suspect holds five
Orlando people hostage
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Sheriff's
deputies trying to arrest a suspect in
the killing of a convenience-store clerk
ended up in a standoff after the armed
man took five people hostage in a
home, authorities said.
Jamie Dean Petron, 41, shot an Or
ange County sheriff's deputy in the leg
in a grocery store parking lot before
fleeing to the nearby home Saturday,
authorities said.
He remained inside with a woman
and four children Sunday afternoon.
A SWAT team member fired a shot
at Petron at one point, but missed.
Petron, who continued negotiating
with police, said someone in the
house was injured, but police could
not confirm whether that was true,
said Orange County sheriff's Sgt. An
gelo Nieves.
"I'm sure he wants the right thing
done,"' Petron's attorney, Spencer
Bryant Siegel, said Sunday after talk
ing to his client by phone.
"Probably the biggest thing pre
venting him from coming out is the
fear of the unknown," Siegel said.
The hostages were a woman in her
40s, a 16-year-old girl, an 8-year-old
boy, an 11-month-old boy and a girl ei
ther 9 or 10 months old, said Orange
County sheriff's spokesperson Jim
Solomons. Petron apparently did not
know the occupants.
The woman being held captive, the
only other adult in the house, was tak
ing care of the children, and there was
enough food for everyone, Nieves said.
Still, police sent a remote-controlled ro
bot to the door mid-morning with juice
and doughnuts, though the food was
not immediately retrieved.
Nieves described Petron's de
meanor as ranging from "edgy to calm"
and said his willingness to talk to ne
gotiators was an encouraging sign.
"Probably the
biggest thing pre
venting him from
coming out is the
fear of the un
known. ”
Spencer Bryant Siegel
Petron's attorney
"This could go on for days," Nieves
said, but added that Petron could end
the conflict quickly if he decides to
come outside.
Petron shot at a 28-year-old man as
he escaped the home Saturday, graz
ing the man's head, authorities said.
The man, identified by relatives as
Norman West, was listed in good con
dition at a hospital.
West's mother escaped uninjured
from the home immediately after
Petron entered, authorities said.
West and his mother, Thelma Mills,
were in the garage when Petron ran up
to the house, according to Amanda
Clarke, a relative.
"The garage was open; it was the
safest place for him to run," Clarke
said. "She thought he was some ordi
nary citizen. She didn't know it was the
law chasing him. She thought it was
someone trying to hurt him."
Clarke said once Petron got inside
the house. Mills saw he was holding a
gun and realized she might be in dan
ger. When Petron demanded she get
him a phone, she ran out the garage
door instead, Clarke said.
Clarke said the hostages are Mills'
sister, who was visiting from New
York with her children, and Mills' 16-
year-old daughter and 11-month-old
grandson.
Orange County Sheriff's Depart
ment SWAT officials were surrounding
the home in the middle-class Meadow
Woods subdivision south of Orlando.
The sheriff's office was receiving as
sistance from Petron's son, a Broward
County sheriff's employee, who trav
eled to Orlando in an attempt to con
vince his father to end the hostage sit
uation, which began shortly after
noon.
Petron is a suspect in the Friday
slaying of Jorge Trillos, 22, during a
convenience store robbery in Pompano
Beach. Trillos' boss, Samir Hantash, 48,
was seriously wounded.
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layed from Cheney.
Bush said he will make his decision
this weekend and announce it this
week, well in advance of the July 31
opening of theR : * »uyon tioh
in Philadelphia. ClFficrals said Satur
day that Bush had not made a final de
cision, although he appeared to be
leaning toward Cheney.
Both Cheney and Danforth would
give the GOP ticket stature and the
Washington experience that Bush
lacks. Solid conservatives, either can
didate would help Bush shore up his
base. Danforth has the advantage of
living in a key battleground state,
Missouri.
Those mentioned as possible
candidates include Govs. Frank
Keating of Oklahoma, Tom Ridge of
Pennsylvania and George Pataki of
New York; Rep. John Kasich of Ohio;
and Sens. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska
and Bill Frist and Fred Thompson of
Tennessee.
The Danforth meeting, first re
ported by ABC News, was notable
because Bush is known to have had
few such sessions with candidates.
Danforth's wife has expressed reser
vations about the job, leading the for
mer lawmaker to say in the past that
he didn't want to be vice president.
Party officials say Mrs. Danforth is
now more open to the idea.
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began, Cheney left the room to allow
Bush to meet alpne with the Dan-
forths. Bush was said to be impressed
with the couple, though he has not
known them long.
It was not known how many can
didates Bush was considering, though
one official familiar with Bush's think
ing said it appeared that the Texan had
more than two options remaining.
Danforth, 63, who retired from the
Scuoate.in 1995 after three terms in o£-
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see investigation of the federal
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government's actions during the siege
on the Branch Davidian compound in
Waco, Texas, in 1993. He issued a re
port Friday that cleared Reno and all
government agents of wrongdoing.
Asked why he was releasing his re
port when it was only 95 percent done,
he said he thought it was important to
clear Reno and others now. But he also
suggested personal political coif
erations, too.
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possibility came up, and if there
any chance of that coming to pass
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chief advocate of Supreme Court w
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law in St. Louis.
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maker and White House chiefoL
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day after changing his re;
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pick him.
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wondering whether Bush wastf
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vanquished rival.
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tor had little chance of getting the 1
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