in the law. >> i have o.j. in the car. >> okay. where are you? >> please, i'm coming up the 5 freeway. >> okay. >> right now you got to tell the police to just back off. he's still alive but he has a gun to his head. >> a gun. those two words transformed the story. to police, o.j. simpson was now armed and even more dangerous. >> what's the state of mind? is he going to start shooting? now it's about the gun. is he going to commit suicide or not? i don't know. >> whether he was actually despondent over his dead wife or simply feared arrest, when deposed, simpson claimed he was suicidal, with a 357 magnum at his side. >> what was your purpose in taking the gun out of the bag and putting it in your hand? >> using it. >> to kill yourself? >> yes. i was feeling a lot of pain and it wanted it to stop. >> what was the cause of that pain? >> losing nicole.