Orlando Hostage Standoff: Suspect Shoots at Police Robot, Negotiations Continue into Third Day
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: A hostage ordeal in Orlando, Florida, entered its third day with the suspect shooting at a police robot. However, authorities say they're still talking with the man, and they're still hopeful. CNN's Mark Potter joins us from Orlando with the very latest. Mark, what's happening?</s>MARK POTTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good afternoon, Kyra. Police here at the command post say they are still negotiating with the hostagetaker, but add that there are no imminent signs that the three remaining hostages will be released voluntarily. 41-year-old Jamie Petrone, an ex-convict, is still holding a 41- year-old woman, a 16-year-old girl, and an infant in a house that he raided on Saturday, as he was fleeing police who were chasing him in connection with a convenience store robbery and murder Friday in Pompano Beach, Florida. This morning, Petrone's attorney, Spencer Seigel (ph), was here, talking with police and relatives. Over the weekend, he made a public plea to his client to come out of the house, but that never happened. Still, about an hour ago, police said they still had hopes, this matter could be resolved.</s>CAPT. STEVE JONES, ORANGE CO. SHERIFF'S DEPT.: I am sure that he wants to, you know, be able to get out of this whole situation. So we don't know what is going through his mind. We have told him, release the hostages, come out and let's take care of everything. His attorneys, you know, everybody has, you know, basically -- we have made all of the pleas on TV. So he knows that. Basically, the ball is in his court.</s>POTTER: Police say they have met all of Petrone's demands, they have sent food and other items into the house. They also, yesterday, released an audiotape of Petrone apologizing to his family members for this situation. Police say that he has promised on a number of occasions to release the remaining hostage, but so far he has shown no signs of actually doing that. Kyra, back to you.</s>PHILLIPS: All right, Mark Potter, live in Orlando, thank you.