fortunately, there s no major damage and no one s hurt, just a lot of jolted nerves. now, order is back in the courtroom and judge penny returns with a sense of humor. well, i m shaking things up in hollywood, huh! she became known as the earthquake judge, and you know, it s something we never could have planned, probably never would have asked for. i think we can all look back and get a good laugh out of it. coming up, a defendant mouths off to a judge. you shut your damned mouth, sir. i m not going to shut my mouth. plus, a shootout outside the courthouse when caught on camera: chaos in the court continues. plus 10 gigs of shareable data. yeah, 10 gigantic gigs. for $80 a month. and $15 per line. more data than ever. for more of what you want.
it s april 17th, 2005, in the middle of the night, and it s a chaotic scene outside police headquarters in providence, rhode island. beloved police detective jimmy allen has just been shot twice in the chest while questioning a suspect about the stabbing of an elderly woman. carpio had asked for water, and the two detectives that were in there with him, one left to go get the water and locked the door behind him. officers outside the room hear a violent struggle, but can t get in, because the door is locked from the inside. and they tragically heard detective allen say, i think he s going to kill me. he s got my gun. he s going to kill me. by the time they broke it down, the officer was dying and carpio had jumped out the window. the now-suspected cop killer makes a daring escape, breaking through a glass window and plummeting three stories to the ground. injured but alive, carpio is on the run and a massive manhunt is under way.
action that literally rocks the courtroom. that s okay. everyone get under the desk. i m contessa brewer. welcome to caught on camera. the courtroom has been a police for high drama. it is the suspenseful, long-awaited scene in so many movies, novels and television shows, but this next hour is not about the fictional courtroom. it s about the real one. whether it s a victim s family coming face-to-face with the man who threatened a beloved family member, a suspect who grabs a depu deputy s gun or a man who tries to escape. you will witness reactions that aren t scripted or rehearsed. chaos erupts in an ohio courtroom. i was shocked. i couldn t believe this was happening right in front of me.
scenes ever caught on camera, a man is shot at point-blank range and ducks behind a slender tree as bullets fly. it s halloween, october 31st, 2003. reporters are outside the van nuys courthouse to cover a hearing in the murder trial of actor robert blake. but the real drama caught on camera that day is this. i just went down on all fours to try to scramble away from him. i knew something bad had happened, i didn t know exactly what it was. 53-year-old los angeles attorney gerald curry is leaving the courthouse after attending a hearing about a medical trust fund case. a heavyset man wearing glasses confronts him and asks if he is mr. curry. and i said, yes, who are you? i just remember an incredibly loud pop or bang. television news crews hear it too and scramble to the scene. there was a lot of people screaming. oh, my god, oh, my god.
coming up, the crowd gasps when the defendant enters the courtroom. a defendant goes for a gun. i was just in shock. i couldn t believe what was going on. plus, a terrifying scene that sets in motion one of the bloodiest days in america s courts, when caught on camera: chaos in the court continues.