On the morning of March 11, 2005, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Rowland Barnes, 64, was shot and killed inside his courtroom while presiding over a trial. His court reporter was also killed during the same attack. The assailant, Brian Nichols, had been brought to court for a separate case, overpowered a sheriff’s deputy and seized her firearm, then entered the eighth-floor courtroom and opened fire.

After leaving the courtroom Nichols killed a sheriff’s deputy outside the courthouse and a federal agent during his attempted escape. A massive manhunt ended the next day when Nichols was captured at an apartment complex in Duluth, Georgia. Judge Barnes had served on the Fulton County Superior Court since his 1998 appointment and taught as an adjunct professor at Emory University School of Law.

If anyone knew Judge Barnes or witnessed events that morning, or has information that wasn’t reported, please share what you know.