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whose body was found

earlier this morning.

Hurry up!

WOMAN:
Good morning to you, John.

Bring us up to date.

Good morning, Alex.

This is a very active crime scene.

Earlier this morning,

we're not sure exactly when,

Atlanta police got a call that

there was a body of a man

shot to death...

All I wanted was his truck,

and then he pulled his gun on me.

It was his own fault.

MAN:
About eight miles

north of downtown Atlanta

where the courthouse shootings

occurred yesterday.

You can perhaps see some of the...

- Come on.

- (WHIMPERS)

I saw some woods down the road.

Know where I mean?

I do.

You drive, I'll follow.

Hey.

I know where the child is.

Don't do anything you'll regret.

(THUNDER CRACKLES)

God.

(WHIMPERS)

(ENGINE SHUTS OFF)

(ENGINE STALLING)

- (HORN HONKS)

- No, no, no.

No.

Hey there.

You need some help?

MAN:
Are you okay?

ASHLEY:
Yeah, it happens all the time.

I can fix it.

Ma'am, are you sure you're all right?

Yeah, I got it.

(ENGINE SPUTTERS)

- (ENGINE STARTS)

- (HELICOPTER WHIRRING)

Do we know each other

from somewhere, man?

Thank you, sir. We appreciate it.

Bobby was just following me

to make sure I got home safe.

You take care of yourself, ma'am.

Thank you.

(SIGHS)

The gate's shut.

Wait here.

Let's go.

Why did you do it?

Why'd you kill all those people?

No.

Is this him?

Mr. Six O'Clock?

(SIRENS WAILING)

Okay, just pull over

and act like anyone else would.

Okay, keep driving.

They're not looking for your car.

BRIAN:
So, what's your

husband's name?

Mac.

"Big Mac."

Guess Mac'll be home

in around half an hour.

No.

I lied.

He's not coming home.

He's dead.

He was stabbed to death

by a drug dealer.

I should've made him

stay home that night.

If I had, he'd still be alive.

It's all my fault.

I miss him.

They found Wilhelm's truck.

He slipped through, John. (SIGHS)

Is this you?

Mmm-hmm.

You, uh, want any help with that?

No.

Anything I can do around here?

Well...

You could hang that mirror

over there, if you want.

You got any, uh, nails?

It's right behind you.

BRIAN:
This wall, right here?

Mmm-hmm.

(HAMMERING)

Real butter.

You can read it, if you like.

Okay.

Out loud.

"God deserves your best."

"He shaped you for a purpose,"

"and He expects you to make

the most of what you have been given."

I haven't been given anything.

You have a son.

I'm never gonna see him again, am I?

If you stop what you're doing

and give yourself up, maybe you will.

Keep reading.

"He doesn't want you to worry about

or covet abilities you don't have."

"Instead, He wants you

to focus on talents."

"He has given you to use."

"When you attempt to serve God

in ways you're not shaped to serve..."

"Fear is a self-imposed prison

"that will keep you from becoming

what God intends for you to be.

"You must move against it,

and weapons of faith and love.

"The Bible says

'well-formed love banishes fear..."'

"Job said, 'My life drags by,

day after hopeless day."

"'And I give up, I'm tired of living."

"'Leave me alone,

my life makes no sense.'"

"The greatest tragedy is not death,"

"but life without purpose."

"We were made to have meaning."

"A young man in his twenties wrote,"

"'I feel like a failure,"

"'because I'm struggling

to become something"

"'and I don't even know what it is."

"'All I know how to do is to get by."

"'Someday, if I discover my purpose,"

"'I'll feel I'm beginning to live.'"

"When life has meaning,

you can bear almost anything."

"Without it, nothing is bearable."

When I heard I had a son...

I had to break out.

I don't belong in that place.

When I saw what they were

trying to do to me,

how that judge was trying to enslave me,

I went into that courtroom

and I shot him dead.

You know what?

It felt good.

If I were the one

who killed your husband,

could you forgive me?

I don't know.

Maybe God can.

Hey, it's Ashley. Leave a message.

Well, I guess you're in the shower.

Okay, well, we're leaving the house now,

so please don't be late.

All right, we'll see you at 9:30 sharp.

Aunt Kim, come on, can we go?

Yeah, let's go meet your mama

at the Fashion Show.

You look so pretty!

Brian, it's time.

I have to leave now.

I can't be late to see my daughter.

I said, I have to go.

Okay, I'm leaving.

Paige needs me.

I can't disappoint her again.

BRIAN:
Wait.

You'll need this.

Come on!

(TIRES SCREECH)

Don't you dare die on me.

DISPATCHER:
Gwinnett County, 911.

Yes, my name is Ashley Smith.

The guy from the courthouse,

Brian Nichols,

he's been holding me hostage

for the past seven hours.

He just let me go.

Hold on, let me get you

the hotline number.

No, this isn't a tip.

I was being held hostage...

Ma'am, you need to start

from the beginning.

Brian Nichols is in my apartment,

Bridgewater Apartments.

Please hold on.

MAN:
Miss Smith,

this is Sergeant Evans.

We have your location.

Stay where you are, we're sending a...

(PHONE BEEPS)

(SOBBING)

(HELICOPTER APPROACHING)

There is a man she is identifying

as Nichols as being inside her house.

Now, once again, we do not have

independent confirmation...

- (SIRENS WAILING)

- (TIRES SCREECHING)

is talking about a woman

in Duluth, Georgia

who has called the local police to say...

Visual on them, give me 20 feet.

You two, the second team.

So you're saying

you didn't know him at all.

No.

I didn't.

So why'd he pick your apartment?

I don't know.

Were there any drugs involved?

Answer the question, yes or no?

Yeah, there was ice. I didn't do any.

I don't care what you did

or did not do, ma'am.

How long ago did Nichols use?

Um...

About 4:
00 a.m.

OFFICER:
All residents

in a two-block radius...

Paige!

Paige, stop!

Stop. Stop!

MALE NEWSCASTER:
They're gonna

put a tighter circle around the apartment

where they think that Nichols may be.

FEMALE NEWSCASTER:

If it is indeed Brian Nichols

inside of this lady's house,

is this going exactly the way

you had just hoped it would not,

but that you predicted it might?

MALE NEWSCASTER:

This is the worst case scenario

as far as perhaps him being

in a house with someone else.

Sir. The landline to the apartment's

up and running.

- (PHONE RINGING)

- MALE NEWSCASTER: If it's him,

we've got him located someplace.

This case is breaking so fast, Alex,

it's hard to get a breath

and it moves to a new phase.

JOHN:
Hello?

Hello, Brian Nichols?

This is Lieutenant John Chestnut again.

MALE NEWSCASTER:
The entire area

that you're showing a shot of right now,

nobody in, nobody out,

but law enforcement.

(SIRENS WAILING)

(PHONE LINE BEEPING)

Busy.

MALE NEWSCASTER:

It becomes a road called 141

which takes you right into Duluth.

I've got movement.

Positive I.D. on the suspect.

Permission to fire.

MALE NEWSCASTER:

This individual, Mr. Nichols,

sounds like he's been somewhat astute

in his observations.

It sounds to me like he

has stayed off main roads...

It's very accurate.

FEMALE NEWSCASTER:

We've got Meredith MacKenzie

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