and turns to remove the other when nichols attacks, violently shoving hall into another cell. >> brian nicholsowered deputy hall and severely beat her. >> off camera, hall is brutally beaten. within four minutes, nichols grabs her gun, locks her in the cell, and changes into civilian clothes. he's about to begin a killing spree that will paralyze the city of atlanta for 26 straight hours. >> he walked calmly over to judge barnes' chambers in the old courthouse, took two of judge barnes' staff hostage, then took three more people hostage and held them inside of judge barnes' office, inside his chambers. >> 9:05 a.m., nichols barges into judge barnes' courtroom. he shoots the judge pointblank in the back of the head, and instantly kills him. this is an actual audio tape recording of the tragic shooting. [ gunshot ] [ screaming ] >> he then turned to shoot the prosecutor, realizing that the people sitting at the prosecutor's table were not the prosecutors trying his rape trial, turned from those lawyers, shot the court reporter. >> court reporter julie brandau dies a few minutes later. >> i was r