the suburban county. now, the decision i had to make is is that brian nichols or an unrelated crime. tlfts an old sergeant and he said yeah, it s nichols. i got nichols. well, on the strekt of that, it all came to play. i had no idea about ashley s situation, of course.
okay, stop. if i treat him like a human being and not somebody that just killed somebody, maybe he ll let me go. i felt like my little girl didn t have a daddy anymore. that was ashly smith and the days after her hostage ordeal sharing her emotional description after what happened with brian nichols. stunningly, even after she faced her own possible murder that night, ashly had a chance to dwrab the g grab the gun that nichols was carrying and shoot the man that was holding her hostage. and she didn t. this tape tushed out to be your savior. and you start talking to him. did you have an instijt that there was an opportunity to form a bond with him. i don t know. i ve always been the type of
and when another deputy gave chase, nichols shot and killed him. with the courthouse on lockdown, brian nichols somehow managed to make his way through two parking garages. along the way, nichols carjacked several vehicles, including a truck that belonged to a federal agent who he also shot and killed. with the city of atlanta and the entire state of georgia on high alert at 2:00 in the morning, a 26-year-old single mom pulled up to her apartment complex in the alan that suburb of duluth. as she unwelcomed her front door, he tied her up with tape and electrical cord.
. they got the s.o.b., brian. all right. there he goes. there he goes. all right. they got the s.o.b. that s what you heard. our own geraldo rivera saying back in 2005, describing the action in the capture of brian n nichols. in fact, geraldo got to the scene so quickly, he was reporting live on fox newshe of still rolling up. you will ho did you find yourself in the very heart of the story. i was interviewing the attorney in his office.