Murder Suspect Holds 2 Children

A murder suspect who broke into an Orlando house while fleeing police held two children hostage for a second day, threatening to kill them unless he was given a car. Outside the barricades, the youngsters’ relatives went before the TV cameras to plead with John Edward Armstrong to release the children, Tedi Priest, 2, and her cousin, Malcolm Phillips, 4. Armstrong, 39, jumped through a window of the house after a car chase. He released two women inside but kept their children. Police cordoned off the area and tried to talk him into surrendering. Armstrong is suspected of shooting and killing Jerome Wilson, 46, and wounding Wilma Haynie in nearby Winter Park.