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He came back on the phone, told the 911 operator that he had just killed the thief in his NEIGHBORS yard.

Turns out the thief was wanted for rape, murder, assault and burglary.



Not quite, Bob. I know this is a simple music forum but lets quote the actual story, I followed this one closely too. You have it essentially right but here's the Wiki article about this: Wikipedia Note there were two guys, they were both illegals, they both had rap sheets and one had been deported but no rape or murder. Still, bad guys for sure. They did cross over onto Horn's property, he was watching them through his window or screen door and when he saw them come into his front yard, that's when he went out and shot them. I heard the 911 tape myself and the transcript presented in the Wiki sounds right to me. There is a "use deadly force to protect property law" in Texas as opposed to most states where deadly force is only allowed to protect life, not property. I thought this case was excessive and he should have been charged but that didn't happen. Horn has a large yard and he was watching them from inside his house with a shotgun. If they had turned and walked towards his house, different story but to go outside and shoot two people in the back who's only crime against him personally is trespassing? That's murder in my opinion. After he went outside, then the guys acted in a way that Horn felt in danger but he's the one who went outside and started the confrontation in the first place against the express opinion of the 911 operator. Common sense would tell anyone to stay inside but carefully watch those two.
I'm not afraid to shoot someone in self defense and certainly if they're in my house but this would be too much for my conscience. Even if I lived in Texas I couldn't do that but that's me.

Bob

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