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who reportedly flew into a rage over a broken door went on a rampage yesterday shooting a maintenance worker at his apartment and at customers at two fast-food restaurants before surrendering to police during a hostage standoff Two people were killed and three were critically wounded Ronald Taylor 39 of Wilkins-burg was arrested in an office building after he kept police at bay for two hours holding four or five people in wheelchairs captive at a senior hospice center "His mood went from anger to confusion distraught fear and remorse" said Sgt John Fisher a negotiator for the Pittsburgh SWAT team who talked to Taylor "He bantered back and forth between killing himself and surrendering" During the standoff more than three dozen children from a third-floor day-care center in the building were evacuated along with workers Taylor was arraigned last night on two counts of criminal homicide an umbrella charge that includes various degrees of murder and manslaughter The specific charges Taylor may face will be set at a subsequent hearing No bail was set and Taylor was not required to enter a plea Fisher said Taylor told him that he was upset about a broken door at his apartment A worker at Taylor's building said the suspect who is black was angry that workers had not repaired the door fast enough A PENNSYLVANIA '177g Wilkinsburg Pittsburgh Monroeville ma 4 numatLiiiilliti 1 7 vo)rWilinsburg Pittsburgh Monroeville VO nr Limo Ininnak Children and workers are evacuated from a day-care center in Wilkinsburg Pa yesterday during a standoff in The Associated PressGENE the same building Workers took more than three dozen children out of the third-floor business Me Associated PressG1 NE 1 1 1 Children and workers are evacuated from a day-care the same building Workers took more than three dozen center in Wilkinsburg Pa yesterday during a standoff in children out of the third-floor business I 4 7 L70'' 1 6 pi 4 a 1 A 6 I 1 waledi a are -1lluiwilool All the shooting victims were white males authorities said "He said 'You're all white trash racist pigs' maintenance worker John DeWitt told The Associated Press Wilkinsburg police Chief Gerald Brewer said he had "nothing factual" to back up reports that the gunman selected his victims by race DeWitt said he and two other workers one black and one white tried to ignore Taylor as they fixed the door At one point the abuse got so bad that DeWitt said he picked up a hammer to defend himself "He looked at me and said 'You're dead' DeWitt said All the shooting victims were white wounded were shot in the head said doctors at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-Presbyterian One of those two was brain-dead Brewer said late yesterday The Allegheny County coroner's office said the dead were John Kroll 55 of Cabot Pa and Joseph Healy 71 of Wilkinsburg The wounded were identified as Richard Clinger Emil Sanielevici and Steven Bostard wounded were shot in the head said doctors at University of Pitts- burgh Medical Center-Presbyterian One of those two was brain-dead Brewer said late yesterday The Allegheny County coroner's office said the dead were John Vm11 55 al rnhnt Pn nnri TriQpnh worker John Kroll who had been shot and would later die DeWitt said he then saw Taylor walking toward the restaurants Police said they did not know whether Taylor had a job He had no previous criminal record Detective James Morton said The shooting spree began about 11:15 am in this working-class suburb about nine miles east of downtown Pittsburgh Police worker John Kroll who had been shot and would later die DeWitt toward tsoawidhd thete restaurants walking Police said they did not know whether Taylor had a job He had no previous criminal record Detec- tivp Inmez MilltrIn izniti responding to a call followed him to the restaurants and chased him into the office building Four people were shot at the Burger King and McDonald's restaurants along the main street in the borough of about 21000 peopie Brewer said that 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