Joe Horn - 911 transcript

by Roger Chartier:

Joe Horn killed 2 burglars at 2:00 in the afternoon. Miguel Antonio Dejesus and Diego Ortiz were killed.
Sept. 1, 2007 Texas passed The "Castle Doctrine". Read the Texas Castle bill in it's entirety.

This is a video of the audio 911 call made by Joe Horn to the Police.

This is part of the transcript of Joe Horn's 911 call:

 Horn: He’s coming out the window right now, I gotta go, buddy. I’m sorry, but he’s coming out the window.

Dispatcher:Don’t, don’t — don’t go out the door. Mr. Horn? Mr. Horn?
Horn:They just stole something. I’m going after them, I’m sorry.

Dispatcher: Don’t go outside.
Horn: I ain’t letting them get away with this s--t. They stole something. They got a bag of something.

Dispatcher:Don’t go outside the house.
Horn:I’m doing this.

Dispatcher: Mr. Horn, do not go outside the house.
Horn: I’m sorry. This ain’t right, buddy.

Dispatcher: You’re going to get yourself shot if you go outside that house with a gun, I don’t care what you think.
Horn:You want to make a bet? 

Dispatcher:OK? Stay in the house.
Horn: They’re getting away!

Dispatcher: That’s all right. Property’s not worth killing someone over, OK?
Horn: [curses]

Dispatcher: Don’t go out the house. Don’t be shooting nobody. I know you’re pissed and you’re frustrated, but don’t do it.
Horn:They got a bag of loot.

Dispatcher:OK. How big is the bag ... which way are they going?
Horn: I’m going outside. I’ll find out.

Dispatcher: I don’t want you going outside, Mr. Horn.
Horn: Well, here it goes, buddy. You hear the shotgun clicking and I’m going.

Dispatcher: Don’t go outside.
Horn:[yelling] Move, you’re dead! [Sound of shots being fired]

Horn: “I had no choice,” said Mr. Horn at the time her returned online with the dispatcher. “They came in the front yard with me, man.”

The 911 call ended about 80 seconds after the shots were fired. Police officers had then arrived at the scene.