Load up the magazines and keep your weapons close !!!
He'll be looking for places to hide out.
"Rape suspect allegedly kills judge, court reporter, deputy in Atlanta"
The Associated Press
Updated: 5:00 p.m. ET March 11, 2005ATLANTA - A man on trial for rape grabbed a deputy’s gun and opened fire at an Atlanta courthouse on Friday, killing a judge and two other people before escaping and triggering a manhunt across several southeastern states.
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Authorities said the suspect, 33-year-old Brian Nichols, went on the rampage despite added security ordered when he was found with homemade weapons hidden in his shoes a day earlier.
Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor confirmed that Superior Court Judge Rowland Barnes and his court reporter were killed. He gave no other details in announcing the deaths in the state Senate. A deputy died later at a hospital, authorities said.
Witnesses said the gunman carjacked a car and authorities were searching for a green Honda Accord – with Georgia license plate no. 6584-YN – that was hijacked from a newspaper reporter.
Fulton County Sheriff’s Lt. Clarence Huber identified the suspect as 33-year-old Brian Nichols, who was on trial on rape and other charges stemming from an incident in August.
Deputy overpowered
The suspect got the gun by overpowering a sheriff’s deputy while he was being escorted within the courthouse, Assistant Police Chief Alan Dreher said. He then shot and wounded the deputy and went to the courtroom where he trial was due to be held, holding about a dozen people there at bay for a short time before shooting and killing the judge and court reporter, he said.
Another deputy was later killed outside the courthouse.