oulson stood up and threw the popcorn.hone at him, something witnesses disputed. he says he wasn't aware of the popcorn being thrown until after the shooting. you got hit in the face this >> it was something that flashed in front of my face, and at the same time my vision went blurry. so i didn't understand until later on. then i understood my glasses had been partially knocked off. >> reporter: is that the point you pulled your gun? >> i don't know exactly what point it was. i think once i realized that he was not going to stop. for 48 years i've carried a firearm, either on duty as law enforcement or retired, with all the proper credentials. i had no way to get away. at that point is when i went for the weapon. >> reporter: reeves shot oulson with his .380 caliber handgun and hit him in the chest. the bullet also his hit wife. nicole's recollection of that day is still crystal clear. >> curtis reeves should have deescalated the situation, but all he did was continued to make things worse even after leaving the theater an

but nicole oulson, chad oulson's wife, says the jury got this one wrong.ooting inside a florida movie theater speaking exclusively with abc news. >> if you had to go back to that day in 2014, do you wish you had done anything differently? >> went to another show. >> reporter: in 2014, retired police captain curtis reeves shot and killed 43-year-old chad oulson after the two got into a fight during the previews of a matinee and oulson threw popcorn in his face. reeves, now 79, was acquitted of all charges late last month. >> how did the interaction begin? > it began rather mundanely, i would say, i simply asked a gentleman to turn his phone down. i didn't know him so consequently i was not rude or anything. it was simply a request and from that it just kind of escalated. >> reporter: according to authorities, oulson brought his phone to check on his then 2-year-old daughter, surveillance from inside the theater shows reeves leave to complain to the manager but when he returned to his seat, the situation turned deadly. >> i had sat back to enjoy the movie an