Wonder if the bailiff is one of the wounded/dead deputies?
Most cops carry two pairs of handcuffs in a double-pouch. There weren't likely many pairs of them to go around.
Yes, he was.
CNN's Gary Tuckman is at the courthouse.
Said perp took deputy's gun and shot the deputy and then "took the courtroom hostage".
As I said, the local news reporter Fox aired said the assistant DA told the handcuff story--the one and only time I've heard that detail, so it may or may not be true, but Tuckman has twice now reported the "took the courtroom hostage" description, and then the perp shot the others.