A judge denied bail for a retired Tampa police captain accused of fatally shooting another man in a Wesley Chapel movie theater during an argument over texting.

Curtis Reeves, 71, is charged with second-degree murder in the killing of 43-year-old Chad Oulson. Reeves pleaded not guilty Wednesday in a Pasco County courtroom.

Widow Nicole Oulson smiled as the judge read off his ruling.

"I'm just very happy and relieved by the judge's ruling," said Oulson. "I have no doubt in my mind that it was the right decision and I want to thank the state very much for all their hard work and their efforts in getting to this point."

While Reeves attorneys say he acted in self-defense, attorneys for Oulson family see it differently.

"I’ve seen the tape multiple times and truthfully I don't see where he's coming from,” said attorney T.J. Grimaldi. “I don't see the self-defense. I see an over-reaction."

Reeves attorneys argued the retired police officer has strong ties to the community and they say he should have gotten bond.

"Obviously we're disappointed with the outcome but mr. Reeves was prepared for this,” said attorney Richard Escobar. “This is a homicide case. The vast majority of homicide cases bond is not granted."

Reeves family members left the courthouse without commenting while he headed back to the Pasco County jail.

Reeves attorneys say they do plan to appeal the judge's decision.

For the first time, the court heard from Reeves himself, in a recorded interview on Friday with a Pasco County detective shortly after the shooting.

Reeves can be heard telling the detective that Chad Oulson was acting very aggressively, "practically in his lap" during the argument to the point Reeves said he had to lean all the way back in his chair.

He told the detective something hit him in the face, almost knocking his glasses off and that's when Reeves made the decision to shoot.

"If I had to do it over again, it would never have happened. We would've moved. But you don't get do overs," Reeves said in the recording.

"So what made you shoot him? " asked the detective.

"Well, I guess it scared the hell out of me," Reeves replied.

Reeves' wife Vivian told detectives she was so scared, she had already moved a couple of seats away.

"Why do you think Curtis shot him?” asked the detective. 

“I don't know,” Vivian Reeves replied. “This is...he, he was in law enforcement 20 years and he never shot anybody.  Right, I'm so sorry.  He's never threatened anybody with a gun or nothing.  I don't know."

The surveillance video from inside the theater was also released on Friday.

The video shows a man in a white shirt lean forward twice, which is when Reeves said he told Oulson to put his phone away.

Reeves then gets up and reports Oulson to a theater employee, and sits back down.

The two men get into an argument and Oulson's hand is shown grabbing Reeves' popcorn, and throwing it.

The video then shows Reeves pulling out a gun, then shoots.

Reeves' bond hearing began Wednesday. After nearly nine hours of testimony from Reeves' friends and family, and from prosecution witnesses to the Jan. 13 shooting, Judge Pat Siracusa continued the hearing to a second day.

Siracusa said he wanted to give both sides ample time for testimony because state prosecutors asked for Reeves to be held without bail.

Pasco County Sheriff's detectives said Reeves became upset when Oulson was texting during the movie previews.

Chad Oulson's wife Nicole Oulson, who was with her husband when he was shot and was also wounded, said her husband was texting with their daughter's babysitter.

The two men got into a verbal argument and witnesses told officers Oulson threw popcorn at Reeves. Defense attorney Richard Escobar has said his client was in fear and defending himself.

Nicole Oulson, who appeared on the ABC TV talk show "The View" this week, said her husband had tried ignoring Reeves.

"(Reeves) had confronted my husband several times, which my husband ignored and ignored and ignored," she said. "And it just got to a point where my husband spoke up."

Oulson added that she thought Reeves became enraged because her husband didn't defer to him.

Reeves has been in jail since the Jan. 13 incident. If convicted, he could face a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years in prison.

On Wednesday, Reeves' attorney called four witnesses, including Reeves' daughter, to testify that he does not have anger issues and that he would not be a risk to the public if the judge released him on bond.

Reeves is also charged with aggravated battery because authorities said that the bullet that killed Oulson also struck Nicole Oulson in the hand.