the judge was armed as with a probation officer who he was at breakfast with. they believe the probation officer shot the attacker but they were both armed and both of them able to return fire. >> i encouraged him to get a weapon, and he did. another judge on the bench, i gave him a gun to carry with him. we have these nut cases running around the country. >> the shocker here is the identity of the shooter. nathaniel richmond, also goes by nate, the father of one of the football stars convicted of rating a girl at an alcohol-fueled party in 2012. he served a ten month sentence, but the case followed him to college. he tried to play on the football team but people in town circulated a petition seeking to ban his participation. shannon. >> shannon: the question that keeps coming up, is there a connection or not between the rape case and the judge?