Yeah...he threw POPCORN at me and really scared me, all I had was a GUN

Retired Florida Cop Says Cinema Shooting Victim 'Scared' Him
           By  Tracy Connor

Retired Florida Cop Says Cinema Shooting Victim 'Scared' Him Tracy Connor

A retired police captain told investigators he gunned down a man in a movie theater because "he scared the crap out of me" and hit him, but his own wife told police she didn't see a blow, it was revealed Friday.

Audio tape of Curtis Reeves' initial interview was played in a Florida courtroom where a judge will decide whether to grant bail in the slaying of Navy veteran Chad Oulson.

     

"If I had it to do over again, it would never have happened," Reeves, 71, told police of the fatal Jan. 13 shooting at the Cobb Grove 16 in Wesley Chapel, Fla., which was sparked by a dispute over texting during previews.

"We would have moved," Reeves added. "But you don't get do-overs."     STORY

  Brendan Fitterer / AP

Nicole Oulson, center, listens during a bail hearing to the taped interview of former Tampa Police captain Curtis Reeves, Jr., as he recounts shooting her husband.