14 Years After Fulton County Courthouse Killings, Security Improvement Efforts Continue

March 12th, 2019

On March 11, 2005, law enforcement personnel gather outside the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta after a deadly shooting rampage there. Since that day, local governments and the state have promised major improvements in the security of Georgia courthouses. Alcovy Circuit Superior Court Judge Samuel Ozburn spoke with WABE’s Denis O’Hayer about that effort on “All Things Considered.”

John Bazemore / Associated Press file

Fourteen years ago, on March 11, 2005, a suspect on trial for rape overpowered and beat Fulton County Sheriff’s Deputy Cynthia Hall, escaped from her custody and entered a courtroom. 

There he killed Judge Rowland Barnes and court reporter Julie Ann Brandau.  

He then ran out of the Fulton County Courthouse and encountered Sheriff’s Deputy Sgt. Hoyt Teasley on the street.  He shot and killed Teasley, escaped and later killed off-duty Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agent David Wilhelm.

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