Fulton Co. Judge shot and killed in courthouse shooting (BREAKING Fri 9A)

WAGA-TV/WSB-TV Atlanta | 3.11.05

[mhking]

This is a breaking news situation.

A man entered a courtroom in the Fulton County Courthouse this morning and shot a Fulton County Sheriff's deputy, a clerk and a judge; there are reports from both WSB and WAGA, the judge is deceased.

The perp has carjacked multiple vehicles -- now on his third -- and is still at large.

I've just come from downtown Atlanta, and the city is a madhouse.

[pamlet]

Yep - in fact mhking posted at 9:39 eastern.. and first "description" on the thread was 9:50 eastern..

And I had heard it a minute or two before the post..

All along the news has been stating a pretty clear description... I've been paying attention all day.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

Heads up.

Nancy Grace tried cases in front of Judge Barnes, they were friends, played on softball team together.

His stenographer visited Nancy Grace several weeks ago.
She is doing a show from Atlanta tonight. I think it is at 7 on CNN Headlines news.

I believe her fiance was killed (maybe gunshot) during a violent crime many years ago.

[AnAmericanMother]

You know, in the circumstances his political opinions really don't matter.

He went on the superior court bench long after I stopped practicing law. I don't know him personally and don't think I was ever in his courtroom.

But I don't care if he was more liberal than Teddy Kennedy . . . NOBODY deserves to die like this. NOBODY.

[MKM1960]

He will be arrested for driving while dead.

Sheriff is getting ready for Press Conference on MSNBC now.

[O Neill]

He's probably holed up in an abandoned house or one of those cheap pay-by-the-week motels...

Or in a Winnebago clicking on his laptop & talking on his cellphone...getting closer & closer to Miami where he will get a job as a stevedore on a slow boat to China...

[Dog]

Sheriff holding a presser live on MSNBC.

[AnAmericanMother]

You are right, Nancy Grace's fiance was killed many years ago, that's what started her into prosecuting cases.

I've known Nancy for years. This hits her very close to home.

[wimpycat]

Jurists who work to further their personal agenda instead of "the Law" are as high on my sh*t list as liberal judges!

I think you meant to say "jurors" instead of "jurists". "Jurist" is another word for a judge. I've been a juror twice, and both times were pretty straightforward; everybody took their duties seriously and all defendants got a fair trial--no jury nullification going on at all. If I was on a jury with others who thought the way you're talking about, I'd hang the jury before I went along with it.

[cyborg]

It's pretty tragic. I'm sure the court reporter never imagined getting blown away just taking judge's notes.

[Petronski]

The Sheriff is doing much better than he did earlier in the day.

[Dog]

Wow...some serious reward money has been posted.

[Dog]

$60,000 reward.

[MKM1960]

They had her on the phone on Court TV this AM, she was devastated. I felt so sorry for her. So many of her close friends killed by idiots with guns. I am glad you gave us the heads up, I will be watching.

[Petronski]

They haven't included the $10,000 offered by Bo Dietl live on MSNBC about thirty minutes ago.

[mass55th]

"Yeah, Fox-5 is reporting that he is a Unix Administrator at UPS."

Not anymore.

[leadpenny]

$60,000 plus the $10,000 Bo Dietl put up about an hour ago.

[cyborg]

Isn't he a big time detective? Or used to be.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

I thought about that driving home...he could be in anyone's house right now. They would find him, but not tonight.

If I was one of his friends who turned him in before, I think I would have at 9:01 this am.

[MOgirl]

Hello,

If this is true and he called to threaten someone during a presser, we have a different situation than I thought we did. I thought we had a "go to ground, hide and try to evade the cops" situation. Apparently, we have a man with a plan and a large agenda. Big difference. Prayers to anyone who crosses this evil man's path.

Glad to be here (stay safe everyone!!), MOgirl