In this first installment of the three-part series, The Shooter, The Victims, The Aftermath, Chief Judge Frederick Lauten speaks with former Fifth District Court of Appeal Chief Judge Emerson R. Thompson, Jr. about what it was like to work in Orlando prior to the 1984 courthouse shooting. The “Magic City” was a quieter and friendlier town before the tragic event of January 10, 1984 rocked the community.