Manhunt ends as courthouse killer suspect surrenders

A SUSPECT in the deadly courthouse shootings of a judge and two other people surrendered without a struggle as law enforcement officials surrounded him, just hours after he led authorities on a massive manhunt in the Atlanta area.

Brian Nichols, 33, waved a white cloth and turned himself in on Saturday, but not before, police say, he killed an immigration agent and held a woman hostage for hours in her apartment.

Prosecutors said Nichols could appear in federal court as early as today to face a charge of possession of a firearm by a person under indictment - the charge authorities are using to keep him in custody while they investigate the slayings.