truth. this is getting uglier and uglier. >> we went at him one last time. tell us your story. he reiterates almost exactly what he said before. >> reporter: which was that he killed lynn schockner because the burglary he tried to carry out went bad. the cops still didn't buy it. >> him and i been doing this a long time, nick. you need to take nick and your responsibility now. take care of nick now please. be truthful with us because we're not going to stop, nick. him and i, that's our job. >> reporter: and that's when nick's story started to change. >> i might as well break it down for you guys. i was hired to hit the house. i don't know why. i didn't ask. >> reporter: that is, said nick, he was hired to commit a burglary. one that, depending on what he could steal, might prove very profitable. you hold your breath. the world kind of stops. >> what's the amount you were promised? >> reporter: a hushed courtroom >> what was in the house plus in long beach, california. uh, $2,500. fred schockner, charged with >> reporter: b.s., said the commissioning the murder of his cops. he was hired to kill, and they