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When police informed him of his ex-wifes murder, he flew home. >> can you move that out of the way. >> the media and police were waiting. o.j. was briefly handcuffed. lang knew he had to deal with the former football star carefully, if he wanted o.j. to cooperate. >> your goal was to get him to trust you so you could get your blood sample? >> of course. get the blood, just as importantly as the fingerprints and everyone else. you attempt to glean inconsistencies in someones statement. this is ju...

>> okay. >> police now in his rearview. cowan calls 911, making sure they know o.j. is armed and desperate. >> 911, what are you reporting? >> i have o.j. in the car. >> im coming up the side freeway. >> you have to tell the police to back off, hes still alive, he has a gun to his head. >> is everything else okay? >> everything right now is okay, officer. everything is okay. he wants to get to his house. >> okay. >> thats all we ask, he has a gun to his head -- >> whats your name? >> my name is ...

Hurt. >> tom lange is on the phone, hoping to prevent o.j. from committing suicide. >> was that gun loaded? >> yeah. it was a real good with real bullets. this is now a public safety issue. >> im trying to show everybody i love everybody. >> we know that, and everybody loves you. especially your family, your mother, your friends, your kids, a.c., everybody does. dont do this. >> lang is doing all that he can to try to keep things from escalating. >> what if he shoots himself, cowlin cowlings. wh...

Freeway. >> you have to tell the police to back off, hes still alive, he has a gun to his head. >> is everything else okay? >> everything right now is okay, officer. everything is okay. he wants to get to his house. >> okay. >> thats all we ask, he has a gun to his head -- >> whats your name? >> my name is -- you know who i am. >> okay. >> tv helicopters swooped in to join the chase. >> ill never forget that night. im in washington. >> our guest is john lang. >> doing larry king live. >> the amo...

House. >> are you thinking at this point? >> hes a suspect obviously. >> o.j.s your suspect. >> hes a suspect. it didnt mean he did it, if he did, were going to be able to prove it. the bloods going to do it. the blood is at the core of the evidence in this case. >> police finally reached o.j. at a hotel in chicago. he had flown there less than two hours after the murders. when police informed him of his ex-wifes murder, he flew home. >> can you move that out of the way. >> the media and police ...

Was done? >> sure. >> you sit back, what was going through your mind at this point? >> i was relieved. youre tired, you thrash, youre really tired before this began opinion this is an emotional thing that thrashes you. physically and mentally, completely thrashed. >> lang is done, but o.j. and a.c. remain in the car with a loaded gun. helicopters swirl overhead and the world watches, waiting for something, anything to happen. and then -- >> the door is opening, and lets see what happens now. wel...

Point. jason is yelling at him. getting all sorts of orders from the police. they do not want to see him step out of that car with a gun. >> with the car now secured in the drive way, tom lange hands over negotiations to the s.w.a.t. team. >> the conversation was over, he didnt care about me any more, he has his hands full. >> that was it for you, your job was done? >> sure. >> you sit back, what was going through your mind at this point? >> i was relieved. youre tired, you thrash, youre really ...

>> the detective got his cell phone number from a colleague. >> i thought, what if he picks up? nobody is in control of this situation. what is it going to hurt? no reason not to call. >> i took lang back to that heart pounding call. >> just throw it out the window, please, youre scaring everybody. o.j. are you there? nobodys going to hurt you. >> this is for me. >> i know that, but do it for the kids, please. please, toss it out youre scaring everybody. >> im not going to hurt anybody. >> i kno...

>> did your dad try to talk him out of it? >> yes, he did, because of his children. >> the browns are not alone in reminding o.j. of his children. >> your kids need you. >> i already said good-bye to my kids. >> no, were not going to say good-bye to your kids. >> the detective got his cell phone number from a colleague. >> i thought, what if he picks up? nobody is in control of this situation. what is it going to hurt? no reason not to call. >> i took lang back to that heart pounding call. >> ju...

He doesnt have his head straight yet. >> surprisingly, o.j. agreed to an interview with lang and his pa partner phillip van adder. >> the date is june 13th, 1994 and were here with o.j. simpson. >> were you surprised that o.j. simpson agreed to an interview? >> a little surprising. especially when i looked at his hand and it was still bleeding and he had a band aid on his left hand. >> how did you get the injury on the left hand? >> the first time, when i was in chicago, and all, but at the hous...