trial. turned from those lawyers, shot the court reporter. >> court reporter julie brandau dies a few minutes later. >> i was right outside the courtroom. >> the prosecutor in the rape trial, one of the attorneys nichols is looking for. he is making his way to the courtroom for nichols trial when is stopped by the deputy. >> deputies were all yelling at me to get off the floor and it was not at all a suggestion. it was a command to get off the floor. >> he would later realize just how lucky he was. >> what if he had been in the courtroom and what would nichols have tried to do or done to me. >> by now, nichols runs outside. sergeant teasley is right on his tail. >> the deputy, however, did not know that anyone had been killed in the courtroom or that there were hostages. >> nichols shoots the officer five times and teasley dies a short time late.