Man Kills Three in Atlanta Courthouse Shooting

NPR | By Emily Kopp of Georgia Public Radio

Published March 11, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

A judge, a court reporter and a deputy are killed at Atlanta's Fulton County Courthouse Friday. The man sought in the shooting, Brian Nichols, was in court on a rape charge and escaped by stealing a car.

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