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Texas standoff ends

FOREST HILL (Texas): A nearly 14-hour standoff between police and a man accused of shooting and wounding three persons and holding a young boy hostage ended at dawn on Thursday with the boy safe and a suspect in custody. Police in the Fort Worth suburb of Forest Hill arrested Joe Dixon (57), on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, Lt. Chris Hebert said. The boy, described as a 4-year-old nephew of someone who lived in the house, was found unharmed and placed in the custody of an unidentified guardian, Lt. Hebert said. He said the boy had been in the house with Dixon throughout the standoff. — AP

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