particular prevented a major catastrophe and they also say that dennis marx was a former tsa agent for at least a year. the hail of gunfire began ringing out just before 10:00 a.m., sending passerbies fleeing and leaving the atlanta suburb under lockdown. this man, dennis marx, arrived at the courthouse wearing body armor intent on launching a vicious assault. after trying to run over a deputy, he began throwing homemade spikes to slow deputy response. marx began firing through his windshield eventually shooting a deputy that was trying to stop him. after a minute and a half shootout, police say deputies killed marx. police say marx was armed for a
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there is breaking news. a no fly zone is in effect. georgia authorities are all on the scene right now amid concerns the home of a suspect killed just a few hours ago in a shootout with police may be booby-trapped. one deputy was shot in the leg when a man wearing a gas mask attempted to run his car into a courthouse armed with grenades and an assault rifle. if it weren t for that deputy, this could have been a major catastrophe. we ll go live to nick valencia. let s go to our justice correspondent pamela brown. what are you learning? wolf, a still very active scene there on the ground in georgia as police try to figure out what dennis marx went to that courthouse this morning armed to cause a catastrophe and they say one deputy in
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so far, no motive has been uncovered. police say that dennis marx was familiar to him and they know who he was but they will not expand on how or why. are they with any political organizations that this guy may have had? any information on that that we are getting? reporter: no. they wouldn t expand into the suspect. they highlighted the heroic actions of that deputy outside the courthouse, though, wolf. they mentioned that they would not release his name but he was a 25-year veteran. they say his actions saved lives today and stopped a major catastrophy. they went on to say that they have been training for a scenario like this for a year and a half, an active shooter situation. they say that training was instrumental in saving lives today. alan neil is a situation to this harrowing ordeal. he s joining us live from the scene in georgia. so alan, walk us through what