Disturbing video shows off-duty Atlanta cop Aubree Horton in a panic outside neighbor’s home before he’s fatally shot: ‘Kill me!’
Shocking footage released Monday shows off-duty Atlanta police officer Aubree Horton in sheer panic, possibly experiencing “a mental health episode,” moments before he was fatally shot while allegedly trying to break into a neighbor’s home.
Horton is seen running shirtless thro๊ugh a street in Winston, Ga., shoutﷺing at around 5:08 a.m. Oct. 4, by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office shows.
The 39-year-old cop, who lived in the area, can be heard screaming “Jesus save us” and “Help me” before he reaches a neig💧hbor’s front door in the St. Andrews Country 𓄧Club neighborhood.
The off-duty officer is then seen on Ring doorbell footage running at full speed up to his neigh꧋bor’s front door, still shouting for help. He appears to try to open the door by the handle, but is unable to get inside.
Horton then slams his shoulder into the door.
The homeowner appears to shout something at Horton from inside the house, to which he shouts, “No, kill me,” before again throwing hims🌱elf into the door.
Appearing exhausted, he sits on the front porch step♐s, puts his hands over his face and breathes deeply.
“Who are you?!” the neighbor can be heard shouting from inside the home before calling for his wif♉e.
After a brief moment of silence, Horton🐽 then randomly shouts, “I love you,” before letting out a chilling scream and lying down on the porch.
The home’s front porch lights turn⛎ on, and the owner can be heard screaming his wife’s name again.
Horton then jumps to his feet and appro🅠aches the door before the video ends.
Douglas County Sheriff Tim Pounds said in a Monday that Horton then forcibly rushed into the hoꦚme when the door was cracked open and knocked the homeo🦂wner to the floor.
“Fearing for his life and in defense of his home, the homeowner disch😼arged a single round from his firearm, fatally 🔯wounding Horton inside his home,” Pounds said.
Po♋unds said the homeowner was in bed when he woke to the screaming outsidꦛe.
His wife had left for work moments before Horton arꦚrived at the𝐆 residence.
The homeowner cracked the door open while armed after multiple attempts to c♒ommunicate with the off-duty officer and being concerned for his wife’s safety.
Durin🔴g the incident, the homeowner’s wife received multiple notifications from her Ring doorbell camera and, after noticing what was going on, calle𒐪d 911.
The sheriff’s office said it released redacted video footage from the frightening incident to provide transparency to the public abo🃏ut what happened. Portions containing sensitive content, ꦿsuch as the sound of the deadly shot that killed Horton, were not included.
“We 🌜want to emphasize that this was a tragic situation where the homeowner acted in defense of his life and💮 home,” Pounds said.
“At this 🐬ti🦩me, we are confident that no charges will be filed against the homeowner.”
The sheriff’s office said the two didn’t know eac🦋🐼h other, and there was no domestic disturbance involving Horton before the incident.
Pounds also shared that the dep💧artment wanted to address numerous false rumors circulating online that the home belonged to Capt. Jon Mauney, head of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Criminal Investigation Division.
“Thes📖e ru꧅mors are categorically false,” Pounds wrote in his statement.
“Additionally, there is no truth to the claim that Officer Horton was involved in a domestic disturbance, or that any family member of his sought refuge at the home. Horton was completely unknown 🅷to the homeowner.”
The sheriff’s office is workiౠng with the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office to provide a full repor🎉t on the incident.
A toxicology report is pending but “could take several m༒onths to💮 complete.”
“We believe Horton may ha𓃲ve been experiencing a mental health episode or under the influence of narcotics at the time of the incident,” Pounds added.
Horton joined the Atlanta police in November 2015 and was most recently assigned🍬 to♛ the APD’s Fugitive Unit.
The department announced on Facebook that he was named “Investigator of the Year” ༺at the ADP Crime Is Toast Awards breakfast on Sep🐻t. 24
Horton received the honor stemming from a case involving aღ missing 21-year-old man, Leondre Flynt, whose remains were discovered in July.꧋
