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Details of the capture
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Charlie Waters, Gwinnett County Police chief, held a press conference Saturday afternoon providing details of the capture of Brian Nichols Saturday morning at Bridgewater Apartments.
Waters said Nichols was in the apartment of a woman whom he did not know, a situation that he described as “stranger on stranger.” Nichols is believed to have come to the apartment randomly sometime during the night after federal agents say he killed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent David Wilhelm in a house in Buckhead. Wilhelm’s truck was found parked in the Bridgewater Apartments complex.
Waters said the woman, whom he did not identify, somehow escaped her apartment this morning and called 911 at about 9:50 a.m. She told dispatchers that Nichols was in her apartment. Gwinnett police, FBI agents and others responded to the scene and surrounded the apartment. Waters said Nichols gave up peacefully, waving a T-shirt to let police know he wanted to surrender. Waters said Nichols was watching television in the apartment, and saw the police swarming the area. Waters said they recovered weapons in the apartment.
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