Murder suspect holds five people hostage

ORLANDO, Fla. - An armed man who allegedly killed a store clerk was holding five people hostage in a home Saturday in a standoff with sheriff's deputies, authorities said.

Jamie Dean Petron, 41, shot a Broward County sheriff's deputy in the leg in a grocery store parking lot before fleeing to the nearby home, authorities said. He apparently did not know the occupants.

The hostages being held were a woman in her 40s, a 16-year-old girl, an 11-month-old boy and a girl either 9 or 10 months old, said Orange County sheriff's spokesman Jim Solomons.

He said Petron had made demands for food and ''other things,'' but did not release further details.

Petron shot a 28-year-old man in the home, authorities said. The bullet grazed his head and he escaped around 2:30 p.m. He was listed in good condition at a hospital Saturday evening.

Another adult escaped uninjured from the home immediately after Petron entered, authorities said.

Orange County Sheriff's Department SWAT officials were surrounding the home, located in the middle-class Meadow Woods subdivision south of Orlando.

The Sheriff's office was receiving assistance from Petron's son, a Broward County Sheriff's employee, who traveled to Orlando in an attempt to convince his father to end the hostage situation, 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.

Deputies located Petron at 12:15 p.m. at a grocery store. As Petron left the parking lot, he rammed a sheriff's vehicle and shot 26-year-old Deputy Scott Winters in the leg, authorities said. Winters was in stable condition.

Records show that Petron was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 1986 for attempted first-degree murder, forgery and battery on a law enforcement officer. He was released from prison on Dec. 10, 1995.