karyn maughan covered the story for south africa's 24-hour news channel, enca.literally walked around with a loaded 9 millimeter gun with him at all times. keith morrison: that night, said oscar, the gun was in his bedside table, when he was suddenly startled awake. and hears a noise in the bathroom. he then gets what he describes as the sense of horror overcoming him. keith morrison: he grabbed his gun, he said, got out of bed, without putting on his prosthetic legs, and went looking for the source of the noise. on his stamps, walks over to the bathroom, screams at this person he believes to be an intruder, get out of my house, get out of my house, and then opens fire. keith morrison: right through the bathroom door. and then, he told the police, he went back to the bed, where he'd been sleeping with his new girlfriend, a 29-year-old model and aspiring attorney named reeva steenkamp. that's when, oscar said, he made a horrible discovery. reeva wasn't in bed. and it immediately dawns on him that she could be the person in the bathroom. he puts on his prosthetic