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tried to reach him. >> even judges pushed too far. >> you shut your damn mouth, sir. >> action that literally rocks the courtroom. >> that's okay. everyone get under the desk. "caught on camera, chaos in the court." hello, i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." the courtroom has always been a place for high drama, it is the suspenseful, long-awaited scene in so many movies, novels and television shows you about this next hour is not about the fictional courtroom, it's about the real one, whether it is a victim's family coming face-to-face with a man who threatened a beloved family member, a suspect who grabs a deputy's gun or a man who tries to escape. you will witness reactions that aren't scripted or rehearsed. chaos erupts in an ohio

courtroom. >> i was shocked. i couldn't believe this was happen-ing right in front of me. >> it's november 16th, 2006, warren, ohio, a small town, two hours northeast of columbus. 24-year-old jason howard is about to be charged with aggravated murder for killing a man and shooting at two others. but it's the family of a victim in another murder case that suddenly charges into the courtroom in a raw and emotional outburst. five months earlier, howard's ex-girlfriend, jamiel west and her three children are found dead in their columbus home. howard is not charged with the crime, but the west family believes he is responsible. >> this was very unique. i've been in courtrooms where somebody in the back of the courtroom would jump up and start screaming for a few seconds, but nothing quite like this.

>> nick rich and reporter peggy sinkovich cover the trumbull county court. they arrive early for the hearing, hoping to talk to jason howard. >> he was here in warren, ohio, on a murder charge, but police in columbus were also looking at him on a murder charge there with his girlfriend and children, who are from this area. so it was a pretty big case. >> sinkovich interviews the suspect who says he's incident in the murder of jameila west and her children. >> i was a protector and provider for my family, but i wasn't there to protect them and die with them. and i wish i was. to be honest with you, i would rather be dead right now. >> we finished the interview. nick turns his camera off, and i'm real happy, texting my news director, saying i got a good story. and two seconds later, those toors open up an a huge brawl breaks out. >> jamiela west's brother, louis, reaches across the divider and punches howard brutally.

handcuffed and chained around the waist, he's completely vulnerable and can't defend himself. >> i thought i better do something. i grabbed the chains he had and pulled him back. >> the deputy slams louis west against the wall trying to get the situation under control. suddenly ja meal ya west's cousin bolts in and hurdles the railing and belts howard. >> it seemed like it was going on forever. is anybody coming in. >> a deputy is not far behind and is able to restrain the cousin. jim lewis is howard's attorney. >> and i tried to pick up a chair to distract him so he wouldn't punch him and maybe a deputy could grab ahold of him. >> sit down, right now! >> absolute chaos. nobody was going to listen to anybody. had to use brute force to take control of what was going on. >> when it's over, jason howard slouches in a jury seat, speechless. the brother and cousin of jameila west are arrested and later convicted of misdemeanor

assault. jamiela's mother is convicted of inciting violence. they are all given fines of up to $1,000 and up to two years probation. after family members are escorted out, prosecutor chris becker, who's running late, enters the courtroom. the mood is still tense. >> there were still hearts beating and, you know, blood racing and your emotions are really running high at that point. you know, i felt a little uneasy coming into the courtroom. >> for reporter peggy sinkovich, it's not quite the story she expected to file for the 5:00 news. >> here i thought i had a good story and i ended up with a great story. >> despite the violent fight, no one, not even jason howard, is seriously injured. howard's hearing is rescheduled. he's later convicted of aggravated murder, attempted murder and aggravated kidnapping. he receives a life sentence with a chance of parole after 44 years. >> i think the acts that he's

done and what he's in prison for are despicable and he's obviously serving, hopefully, the rest of his life in prison. and he certainly was entitled to the rights and benefits that any defendant's entitled to, including being protected here in the courtroom. >> howard hasn't been charged for the murder of jameila west and her three children. in fact, no one has. the case is still open and howard remains the only person of interest. in another courtroom, a family member, this time a father, loses control when he comes face to face with the man who threatens his daughter in a terrifying home invasion. >> i was upset. i was ticked off. he just sat there, calm, like it's no big deal. you know, he had that smug look on his face. and i went after him.

[ bleep ] >> spectators are quickly escorted out of the courtroom in dudley, massachusetts. court officers tackle the 50-year-old dad, clifford margalia, keeping him away from the suspect, deric allen. according to police reports, on december 16th, 2006 at 2:00 a.m., allen breaks a window to get into the house. >> i was scared, i didn't know what to do. and i had my child in the house, so -- and she was away from me. >> 21-year-old melissa margalia sees it on her baby monitor and makes a desperately 911 call. >> help, somebody's in my house. i have a baby downstairs. >> we got a child downstairs and she's upstairs. >> the intruder reaches melissa's bedroom as she continues on the phone. >> they're going up the stairs. melissa, stay on the line with me, okay? do you hear police? [ screaming ] >> you got to get in there! >> police!

>> he's got her. >> lease don't. i have a baby in the house. please i have a baby in the house. please don't hurt me. >> stop. >> get off that bed right now. get on the ground. >> he has a knife. >> police catch deric allen. melissa and her baby daughter are both safe. >> she could have been killed. i mean, without question. if she didn't stay on that phone, absolutely, she could have been killed. >> when melissa's dad first hears the 911 call, he's overwhelmed with emotion. >> i've never heard anything like that in my life. i picture her laying on that bed, with this maniac on top of her. you can only assume what might have been happened, but it wasn't going to be anything good. >> in the courtroom, margalia says allen appears to have no remorse, and hearing his daughter's voice on that heart-wrenching 911 call again is too much.

>> i just said, the hell with it. and i tried to reach him. and unfortunately, i didn't. i came within probably a foot or so, and got tackled by this middle linebacker bailiff there. he hit me around the waist and i fell to the ground and he was on top of me. so, i could picture myself really doing some serious harm to him, so maybe it's a blessing i didn't. >> in 2008, deric allen is found guilty of armed burglary and assault and battery. he's sentenced to 10 to 13 years in prison. for his courtroom outburst, margalia is convicted of disorderly conduct and gets one year probation. he says his anger spilled over that day and still does when he thinks of how much he loves his daughter and what could have happened to her that dreadful night. >> i have no regrets whatsoever. the reality is, she could have been killed. if you don't look after your kids, what's the point? you know, my wife and i live for our kids. that's what we do.

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>> it turns out that posing as a police officer is nothing new for the defendant. in 2001, wayne trent, then wayne skein, breaks into the multnomah county sheriff's office. he takes a uniform, badge and cop car. trent is convicted of burglary and criminal impersonation, but the judge deems him insane and trent is taken to an oregon hospital for treatment. two years later, doctors release him. in 2007, trent is back in court and he's got one trick left up his sleeve. just as the judge orders trent into custody on $250,000 bail, he makes a run for it. >> he put his hands behind his back like he was going to comply, and then he took a short glance at the door and that split second, i thought, this is the one that's going to run. >> a local tv station's camera catches deputy nicole morrissey o'donald immediately chasing after trent as he runs down the steps. >> my thought was, if he were

able to get down the stairs, there might be possible weapons that he could access at the bottom of the stairs. >> the deputy steadily fires her taser gun at trent, who's about 20 yards away. he doesn't get very far. >> he stayed on the stairway. i got on my radio and called for assistance. about four deputies came down the stairs and we handcuffed him. returned him to the courtroom. >> the taser gun is what stops trent in his tracks. >> we just had taser recertification class two days prior to that. so, all the training was fresh in my mind. >> after 13 years at the multnomah county sheriff's office, this is the first time morrissey o'donald uses any of the weapons on her belt. >> he didn't say anything. when we walked him back to the courtroom, he was completely silent. >> the judge orders him into custody, again. he increases trent's bail $500,000. >> under oregon law, what mr. trent did after he knew he was going into custody is no

different than if he would have tried to escape from the oregon state pen. >> trent is convicted of possession of a false police officer i.d. card and is sentenced to probation. but for his bold escape, he gets ten months in the slammer. >> he might not have gone to prison but for the fact he tried to run from the courtroom. i think it just goes to show people that you need to follow authority and you need to show respect to the court. and when you don't do that, you can end up with a harsher sentence than what you were originally charged with. and from a bolt to a jolt. an earthquake rocks the judge penny show right in the middle of its taping. >> everybody relax, stay calm. >> all of a sudden, there was a rumble. you hear the stage manager say, "earthquake, get under the desk." >> july 29th, 2008. in los angeles, a magnitude 5.4 earthquake shakes one of the first tapings of a new courtroom television show called "family

court with judge penny." >> i'm judge penny brown reynolds, and in my court, family comes first. >> it started as a totally normal day, yeah. for that taping, we had the gallery filled. >> stephanie draskovich, cofounder of 44 blue productions, is one of the show's executive producers. the tape is rolling and the case is well under way. >> i can still do for the children as though i, you know, planned on. he paid approximately -- >> as the courtroom floor vibrates, judge penny doesn't know what to think, but she tries to keep her exposure. >> i said to the director, "did the cameras just move"? and he said, "yeah, i think something else is going on." >> there was a banging sound, like something fell and we realized it was an earthquake. >> everybody relax! stay calm. >> judge penny ducks under the bench. the litigants crouch under their tables and others in the courtroom calmly take cover under desks and chairs. >> it's okay, everyone.

get under the desks. >> get under. >> a few seconds later, the trembling ends. >> let's start over. >> fortunately, there's no major damage and no one's hurt, just a lot of jolted nerves. now, order is back in the courtroom and judge penny returns with a sense of humor. >> well, i'm shaking things up in hollywood, huh! >> she became known as the earthquake judge, and you know, it's something we never could have planned, probably never would have asked for. i think we can all look back and get a good laugh out of it. coming up, a defendant mouths off to a judge. >> you shut your damned mouth, sir. >> i'm not going to shut my mouth. plus, a shootout outside the courthouse when "caught on camera: chaos in the court" continues.

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off in the courtroom. >> mr. hastings, don't press your luck with me, son. don't -- >> or what? >> don't press your luck -- >> or what? you going to sentence me? is that what you're going to do? >> it's march 2nd, 2009, in vancouver, washington. and 30-year-old matthew hastings is in court, about to be sentenced for attempted murder. the prosecution is seeking 120 years. and apparently, hastings feels, at this point, he's got little left to lose. >> i don't really care -- >> you shut your damned mouth, sir. >> i'm not going to to shut my mouth. >> it was a high-profile trial. here, he had shot and almost killed a police officer. >> in early 2009, hastings is convicted of six counts of attempted homicide and possession of firearms. charles buckley is his defense attorney. >> he suffers from a number of mental issues. therefore, combining his mental health issues with the pressure of being sentenced, he clearly was on edge.

>> and things were about to set him off even more. hastings sees several deputies from the scene of his crime in the courtroom. >> mr. hastings was very uptight that there were so many officers in the courtroom that had been involved, which didn't help his mood any. >> it all begins when judge john wulle, known to discuss his rulings with the defendants, at their sentencing, starts with a question. >> mr. hastings, did you graduate from high school, sir. >> let me give you a thumb nail -- >> buckley says hastings doesn't appreciate the history lesson and makes a face at the judge. >> next time, im going to have you gagged. >> you're going to have me gagged, huh? >> you're right, i am. >> have me gagged then. >> to me it was totally alien to everything i know happens in a court of law. i have never seen that kind of conduct in a court of law. in my entire 30-year career. >> defense attorney buckley sees where this is going and tries to stop it. >> your honor, i would ask that -- >> mr. hastings is in contempt

of court at this point, counselor, and i don't think anyone would disagree with me. >> suddenly, the judge calls far -- for a recess. >> may i see the attorneys back in chambers for a moment, please. >> i took break to let me cool off because i wanted to keep it on a professional level. >> now in the courtroom, it's a staring game between hastings and the deputies, but it doesn't stay silent for long. hastings spots an officer and directs his words to me. >> you're a failure. >> several court security officers move in around him in case he gets physical. then, judge wulle and the attorneys return hoping to resume the proceedings more calmly. >> i would like to speak to the audience for just one second, please, and apologize to you. it's very rare that i lose my temper in court and use a word that i probably do not even use at home. so, i apologize to you for the use of the word "damned." then the judge hands down his decision and directs his disapproval at hastings once again.

>> when you showed total disrespect for me as a person, for this court, for this nation, everyone involved in the process i see no reason not to stick with the decision i made. >> absolutely. i'm thankful for that, your honor. that's great. >> you're wasting your time with me now, mr. hastings. i know how to handle a guy like you. the only thing i can say to you on behalf of all the citizens of this community, bye-bye. >> thank you. that's great. is that it? two words? bye-bye. come on, you're smarter than that, your honor. >> trying to push my buttons, son? >> no, i'm not. >> but hastings clearly is. >> we have kids like you in my neighborhood when i was growing up and we know how to take care of you, but these police officers have been told by me that they're not to react. mr. buckley, do you want me to -- >> is that what you want? >> mr. hastings -- >> put mr. hastings back in his chair until we are concluded. >> or? >> hold on until i'm done -- >> i thought you said they weren't supposed to react? >> sit down! >> judge wulle warns hastings

his behavior won't help him later. >> you're really helping your case in front of the court of appeals. >> they're going to see this entire record. >> they're going to see how you're running your mouth, your honor. bye-bye, we know how to handle kids like you, son? okay, yeah, they're going to see that too. remember, you're on record, just like me, pops. >> finally, the judge gets in the last word, sentencing hastings to the maximum, 120 years in prison. >> all right, thank you, gentleman. in my world, i deal with nothing but ugly features of the human personality. i have to find ways to not let that affect the work i'm doing, so i can provide the next person coming into the courtroom with a fair environment. coming up, a lawyer is shot. a defendant goes for a gun. and there are cries of shock and horror in the courtroom, when "caught on camera: chaos in the

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the hour's top stories. a massive mun hunt under way for at least one killer after eight members of an ohio family were murdered execution style. investigators say the crimes took place across four different crime scenes. no arrests have been made. donald trump today attacking ted cruz, john kasic and hillary clinton and calling the gop delegate system rigged during a rally in bridge port, connecticut. this comes ahead of tuesday's five state primary. back to "caught on camera." welcome back to "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. so far we've seen brawls, escapes and even earthquakes shaking up the courtroom. but this next struggle happens not inside, but outside the courtroom.

a man approaches an attorney as he's leaving and asks a simple question, then he opens fire. in one of the most unbelievable scenes ever caught on camera, a man is shot at point-blank range and ducks behind a slender tree as bullets fly. it's halloween, october 31st, 2003. reporters are outside the van nuys courthouse to cover a hearing in the murder trial of actor robert blake. but the real drama caught on camera that day is this. >> i just went down on all fours to try to scramble away from him. i knew something bad had happened, i didn't know exactly what it was. >> 53-year-old los angeles attorney gerald curry is leaving the courthouse after attending a hearing about a medical trust fund case. a heavyset man wearing glasses confronts him and asks if he is mr. curry. >> and i said, "yes, who are you?" i just remember an incredibly

loud pop or bang. >> television news crews hear it too and scramble to the scene. >> there was a lot of people screaming. "oh, my god, oh, my god." >> i went behind the tree. i was very scared as he approached me with the gun outstretched. >> at first, witnesses don't know what's going on. some think a movie is filming. maybe it's fireworks or a crazy prank. sonny kang is on a pay phone nearby. >> i heard the loud noise and turned around real quick and the first thing i see is the older guy with a gun in his hand. i was going to run too, but for some reason, my foot wouldn't move. i was shocked. like, oh, my god. >> the gunman is 64-year-old william strier. he's angry because he says curry is one of the people responsible for withholding his money from a trust fund. calmly, strier continues to shoot from one side of the tree to the other with curry bobbing and weaving from side to side. >> and he was just like a

rabbit, just left and right, left and right. as soon as you heard a pop, he was moving. >> he hit me in the right forearm and he hit me on the left shoulder where the bullet went in and out and under the left arm, went out my back and also grazed my underarm. >> finally, after what seems an eternity, strier is out of bullets. he puts the gun in his jacket pocket and nonchalantly walks away. >> he did not break strike. he just came right up to me, coxed his head, he deserves what he got and started walking. he just started walking. >> that's when i was crying on the phone saying, "my god, he needs a paramedic right away." >> a bloody and bewildered curry stumbles out from behind the tree and collapses on to the concrete sidewalk. sonny kang is already on the phone with 911. >> strier takes one look back at the wounded attorney. seconds later, witness and reserve deputy sheriff david katz tackles strier from behind. >> a couple other people at that

point had jumped on with me and i was able to get his left arm behind after and i just held his arms behind his back until another deputy came in. >> get down! >> face down on the ground, strier is handcuffed. police discover a second gun in his pants pocket. >> let's bring him straight to the lockup. >> meanwhile, gerald curry lies on the concrete with five bullets in him. >> paramedics are on the way. they'll check you out, okay? >> curry is rushed to the hospital and thanks to the tiny tree and his quick thinking, he survives. >> he is an extremely fortunate gentleman. >> dr. charles dang is an emergency physician who examines curry. the first bullet, lodged in his neck, is only fractions of an inch away from his spinal cord. this one bullet could have paralyzed or killed him in an instant. >> there aren't too many people that get shot that many times and live to tell about it. >> because of strier's poor health and mental state, his

trial is delayed for years. >> and i want to make a statement. >> in 2006, he's in court, lying on a hospital gurney because of a back injury from years ago. he complains to the judge that he wants to fire his attorney. >> i want to file an objection. you are forcing me to have -- i was on solitary confinement for over two years. i am being beaten up there. i am being tortured up there. >> the judge listens to strier for more than 20 minutes and then cuts him off. >> i've heard enough. the sentencing is on. i've heard enough. >> months later, the judge and strier face off again in the courthouse. >> but i have a right to make these statements. >> okay. deputy, let's take him out. >> the judge orders him out of the courtroom and sentences him. >> the defendant is sentenced to life in prison. >> william strier is convicted of premeditated attempted murder with the use of a firearm. he's sentenced to life plus an

additional 25 years in prison, where he dies in 2007. coming up, the crowd gasps when the defendant enters the courtroom. a defendant goes for a gun. >> i was just in shock. i couldn't believe what was going on. plus, a terrifying scene that sets in motion one of the bloodiest days in america's courts, when "caught on camera: chaos in the court" continues. s who rise before it shines. the ones who labor for what they love. ♪ because at banquet we believe that every dollar should work as hard as the family that earned it. that's why we're making our meals better. like using 100% natural chicken breast in our chicken strips and adding real cream to our mashed potatoes. so now, there's more to love with banquet. now serving... a better banquet.

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>> oh, my gosh! >> so rarely does one story so capture, you know, the public sensibilities and the public curiosity as a story like this. >> from the very beginning, because it was so violent, because it was so unexpected, so

unpredictable and because it was so out of the ordinary. >> larry estepa, a veteran reporter, has been covering trials for 33 years. he's in the courtroom when the defendant, 26-year-old esteban carpio, is led through the doors. estepa has never seen anything like it. >> first, there was a gasp. >> oh, my gosh! >> it was tough to look at him. he had -- bruised, he was swollen. he had scars on his face. >> carpio, wearing a mask, making him look like the movie character hannibal lecter, is being arraigned for murder. in the courtroom, his family is shocked to see his disfigured face. >> step out. step out. not guilty. not guilty. tell them not guilty. >> but that only tells part of the story.

>> it's april 17th, 2005, in the middle of the night, and it's a chaotic scene outside police headquarters in providence, rhode island. >> beloved police detective jimmy allen has just been shot twice in the chest while questioning a suspect about the stabbing of an elderly woman. >> carpio had asked for water, and the two detectives that were in there with him, one left to go get the water and locked the door behind him. >> officers outside the room hear a violent struggle, but can't get in, because the door is locked from the inside. >> and they tragically heard detective allen say, "i think he's going to kill me. he's got my gun. he's going to kill me." >> by the time they broke it down, the officer was dying and carpio had jumped out the window. the now-suspected cop killer makes a daring escape, breaking through a glass window and plummeting three stories to the ground. injured but alive, carpio is on the run and a massive manhunt is under way.

at police headquarters, the mood is somber. >> it was a very emotional scene. the police chief himself, esserman, came down as they loaded detective allen's body into the van. he took personal command of the situation. he just wanted to be there. >> the detective, james allen, is a 27-year veteran of the province police department and few cops are held in higher regard. >> he was just regarded as one of the best police officers the city of providence probably ever produced. >> esteban carpio is found and taken into custody nearly an hour after his bold escape. it's little consolation to police. >> and we've lost a remarkable man today, and this city is the worse for it. >> jimmy allen passed in the noblest way possible. he gave his life trying to make our lives safer. he died serving us.

he died a hero. >> the next morning, at the arraignment hearing, the police chief and many of officer allen's friends and colleagues await the suspect's arrival. >> oh, my gosh! >> look at what they did to him! >> the air just kind of went out of the room for a second as everybody's eyes were transfixed on carpio. they wanted to see the man they perceived to be a monster that could have done this. >> and when carpio walks in, there are cries of shock and horror. >> carpio's mask is called a spit shield and is typically used when a suspect is either bleeding or combative. police say the suspect was being combative, spitting on them, but his relatives think the mask is covering up a revenge beating carpio took at the hands of police. >> it's police brutality! he was mentally ill and he needed help and we couldn't get it and we tried and tried and he

didn't deserve this. >> an investigation conducted by the fbi later concludes carpio sustains his wounds from a combination of smashing through the window, falling three stories, and the use of necessary force to apprehend the fleeing suspect. >> there is no civil rights violation when injuries are incident to arrest. meaning, if he's fighting the police officers, the officers have the right to use whatever force necessary to subdue the subject. >> as for the claim by carpio's aunt that he's mentally ill, the jury rejects his insanity defense and finds him guilty of murdering james allen. the judge gives him the maximum sentence allowed, life without parole. >> oh, my gosh! >> this was such an aberrant story, there was no way to put this on an equal plane with anything i'd ever seen before.

this was pretty much the personification of evil in a lot of people's minds. this is the guy that killed jimmy allen. and i think there was great relief when it finally came down that this guy was never going to be in a position to harm anybody else again. a convicted murderer does something courtroom deputies fear most. he tries to grab an officer's handgun, setting off pandemonium and fear in the courtroom. >> i was just in shock. i couldn't believe what was going on. i was stunned. i couldn't move. >> it's may 12th, 2008, battle creek, michigan, two hours west of detroit. 43-year-old michael fisher is on trial for murdering his wife and 12-year-old son. >> it was a double homicide. we don't get a lot of those in calhoun county, it was a child, and it happened right after christmas. so, it did attract a lot of media attention. >> after the closing arguments, the judge gives his verdict. >> guilty as charged of

first-degree premeditated murder. >> michael fisher is convicted of the double murders in december 2006. >> it was after that that the commotion happened in the courtroom. >> no! no! >> michael fisher was clearly agitated. he moved very quickly. i saw him get out of his chair. he turned quickly. >> he swung his body away -- towards me, swinging, making contact with my face, hitting me in the face. >> deputy eby sort of fell back and michael fisher went for his gun at that point. it was frightening. >> deputy eby, reacting quickly, has his arms around fisher's waist, squeezing him tightly. >> it happened in split seconds. as i was driving into him, lifting him up, that's the point where he places his hands on my weapon. shortly thereafter, placed him over the partition.

detective bradwise yelled, "i have your weapon secure." another officer, deputy wallen, told me he was taking control of my taser. >> fisher is subdued, but the woman screaming from the start is not. that woman is candy fisher's daughter, who lost her mother and stepbrother at the hands of michael fisher. seeing fisher's violent outburst puts her over the age. >> god will get you for what you did to me. >> it was a terrifying moment for her. it's something that's affected her, i think, to this day. >> deputies handcuff fisher and remove him from the courtroom. witnesses notice a smirk on his face. >> he was laughing. it was as though it was a joke to him. he didn't have anything to lose. >> it's only later that the horrible scene starts to sink in for deputy eby. >> i did not feel scared at the moment. after seeing the pictures and, you know, what could have happened, but at the time i just reacted to the moment and did what i felt i had to.

>> as it turns out, fisher would have had a very difficult time getting a handle on deputy eby's gun, because eby's glock 40 is a secured in a high-security, level three holster. >> it takes three mechanisms to release the gun from my holster, three different actions. he did not break any of the levels of the holster. >> this is your opportunity to speak as it relates to sentencing. >> a month later, when it comes time for sentencing, fisher is hardly a changed man. he has chilling words for the court. >> i'm going to come back and i'm go to get every last one of you who did something to me. and i'm going to get your families and everything. i don't care about your families, i don't care about you. >> i think justice will be served by sentencing you to a term of life in prison without patrol. >> michael fisher will spend the rest of his life behind bars. those in the courtroom on the day of his verdict can only imagine the tragedy that might have been. >> if he had gotten the gun out of the holster, there would have been bloodshed in this

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a rape suspect is lead into a holding cell for a single deputy. and what you're watching is a chilly prelude to one of the country's most deadly courtroom shootings. >> news out of full town county georgia, two people have been shot outside of a federal courthouse. >> how did this happen? i kept saying how did this happen? >> georgia attorney spent three

years researching the story of this tragic day. she's the author of waking the sleeping demon. 26 hours of terror in atlanta. >> brian nickels was escorted from the holding cell in the basement of the fulton county courthouse by deputy cynthia hall to a holding cell. >> he befriends 51-year-old hall that was assigned to guard him in two previous trials. other deputies offer assistance but deputy hall is comfortable enough alone with nicholls and declines any help. she brings him to change clothes. she removes one cuff and turns to remove another when nicholls attacks shoving hall into another cell. >> brian nicholls overpowered deputy hall and severely beat her. >> off camera, hall is brutally beaten. within four minutes he grabs her

begun, locks her in the cell and changes into civilian clothes. he's began to begin a killing spree that will paralyze the city of atlanta for 26 straight hours. >> he walked calmly to judge barn's chambers in the old courthouse. took two of his staff hostage and then took three more people hostage and held him inside of his chambers. 9:05 a.m. and he shoots the judge in the back of the head an instantly kills him. this is an actual audio tape recording of the tragic shooting. he then turned to shoot the prosecutor realizing the people

sitting at the table were not trying his trial. turned from those lawyers and shot the court reporter. >> the court reporter dies a few minutes later. >> i was right outside the courtroom. >> he is the prosecutor in the rape trial. one of the attorneys he is looking for. he is making his way. >> deputies were laying at me to get off the floor. it was a command to get off the floor. he would later realize just how lucky he was. what if i had been in the courtroom and what would nichols is tried to do or done to me. >> by now, he runs outside. the sergeant is right on his tail. >> that deputy did not know that anyone had been killed in the courtroom or that there were hostages. >> he shoots the officer five times and dies a short time

later. he is armed and on the run. >> he goes into an underground parking garage where he carjacks a deputy's car. he later would carjack at least five others. >> put a gun to them and order them out of their vehicles. take their vehicle. switch vehicles and continue to switch vehicles. >> one of the cars is a green honda that belongs to this reporter. nicholls hits him over the head with a gun. >> i'm extremely lucky to escape without being shot or thrown in the trunk. >> this captures him casually walking down the stairs wearing his blazer. >> a major manhunt underway. >> the search is broadcast all day and it appears there's no sign of the horror ending any

time soon. >> at this house the atlanta courthouse killer is still on the loose. >> 11:00 p.m. he is still the most wanted man in atlanta. >> he acosted the deputy, took five hostages. killed three people and carjacked five people after trying to take more hostages. he strikes again. he is the fourth victim and his body is found the next morning in his new home. his badge, gun and truck are missing. his final hostage is single mother ashley smith who he approaches outside of her apartment. >> i turned around and he was right there. >> smith says he follows her to the front door and ties her up. >> he said i don't want to hurt you. i don't want to hurt anybody else so please don't do anything that's going to make me hurt you. >> all night smith reads passages from a book called the purpose driven life and talks to him about god and her family.

>> my husband died four years ago and i told him that if he hurt my little girl wouldn't have a mommy or a daddy and she was expecting to see me the next morning and if he didn't let me go, she would be really upset. >> early the next morning he lets her leave her apartment to go see her daughter. she calls 911. >> the victim is advising that he is in the apartment at this time. >> police quickly close in on the apartment complex. with ashley smith watching from behind a van across the parking lot he waves a white cloth and surrenders. >> he had nowhere to go. he was not getting out of that apartment with the s.w.a.t. team having him surrounded in the manner they did. >> it's relief for the people of atlanta. >> this person is no longer free and roaming our streets. >> crowds cheer as the police take him away.

>> smith becomes a hero for helping him surrender. she receives a $70,000 reward. in 2008, brian is convicted on 54 counts including murder and kidnapping and sentenced to multiple life sentences with no chance of parole. >> the short scene that sets in motion a day of terror leaves many in atlanta wondering why. >> the one that should carry guilt carries none and that's brian reynolds. >> deputy hall is left with permanent brain damage and is blind in one eye. she has no memory of the beating she took. if you have a video, log on to our website caught on camera.msnbc.com. that's all for this edition of caught on camera.

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