dies a few minutes later. >> i was right outside the courtroom. >> ash joshi is the prosecutor in nichols' rape trial, one of the attorneys nichols is looking for. he's making his way to the courtroom for nichols' trial when he's stopped by the deputies. >> the 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. >> joshi would later realize just how lucky he was. >> what if i had been in the courtroom and what would nichols have tried to do or done to me? >> by now, nichols runs outside. sergeant hoyt teasley is right on his tail. >> that 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 later. >> everybody off the sidewalk! >> brian nichols is armed and on the run. a major manhunt begins.