Thread: Grand jury will hear Joe Horn case next month

May 21, 2008, 4:20PM
Grand jury will hear Joe Horn case next month


By BRIAN ROGERS
Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle

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Grand jurors next month will hear the case of a Pasadena man accused of fatally shooting two alleged burglars as they ran near his property.

Investigators have said Joe Horn admitted to killing Diego Ortiz and Hernando Riascos Torres after he reported seeing them break into a neighbor's home. Both were shot in the back with a 12-gauge shotgun, Pasadena police said.

Horn, 61, has not been charged in the case.

Scott Durfee, a spokesman for the Harris County District Attorney's Office, said prosecutor Lynne Parsons was waiting for forensic testing before presenting the case to grand jurors.

Durfee declined to say whether prosecutors would ask the grand jury to indict or decline to indict.

"We're not stating publicly what our position will be," Durfee said.

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Were praying for you Joe ... you can come be my neighbor any day of the week

Thanks Joe, for protecting your neighbors from dangerous thieves.
Texas law is pretty broad as it relates to this case. If he has a decent lawyer, he should be fine.

I wonder if the grand jury will be told the thieves were illegal immigrants with a criminal past???????

I would have done the same thing. Make My Day! Good luck Joe!