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911 call: 'He's shooting me'

By Bill Moss, Published: February 26, 2016

Excerpts from the 911 call Joe King placed when he surprised a burglar at his house on Upward Road at 8:02 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12:

King: “I need somebody out here. He’s shooting me. I need a deputy. I’m going to kill him.”
Dispatcher: “Do you know who it is?”
King: “No.”
Dispatcher: “You say he’s been shooting at you?
King: “And I’ve been shooting at him. He stole my guns, he’s been in my house. He’s trying to get out. Get somebody out here!”
Dispatcher: “The person that’s shooting at you, where is he?”
King: “ “He’s beside of his truck out here. He’s trying to get away. He just shot his window out.” … “Get out of that truck!” King shouts at the burglar. “I’m going to shoot you.”
Dispatcher: “I’m getting somebody out here as fast as we can but I need you to step away from him.”
King: “He’s running up the hill. … He stole guns out of my house. I had two shotguns right here. I don’t know what he’s done with them. But he took off. He shot at me three or four times and I shot at him.”
Dispatcher: “Where are you?”
King: “I’m standing right here, so if he comes back he ain’t leaving.”
Dispatcher: “Where is your gun?”
King: “It’s in my hand. I carry a gun with me everywhere I go. He’s been in my motorhome and he’s been in my house. … He’s got every gun out of my house.”
Dispatcher: “I’m sorry. … Can you put the gun away so the deputies can approach? Did you put the gun away?”
King: “Yes.”
Dispatcher: “Where is it?”
King: “Right here in my holster. … He’s got stuff loaded up from my house.”
Dispatcher: “Well, don’t touch anything. Wait till the deputies get there and show it to them.”