Requesting an ambulance?

[tjcrosson]

I would not say that you had to shoot someone or something like that. Just state that you have been the victim of a crime and need LE and EMS. State to the 911 dispatcher what you are wearing and your information (age, race, height) and nothing else. Keep hands out of your pockets when LE arrive and do not be surprised if they detain you "for their safety" reholster your firearm but be prepared to use it again before LE get there in case the BG gets up or has some friends. Immediately after contact with the police invoke your right to remain silent and you would like to speak to your attorney before any further questioning and have your attorney present. In Texas you have the right to remain silent but you MUST invoke this right. Technically they have to stop asking you questions at this point. If EMS wants to treat or transport you, you should probably comply. Make no statements as far as what happens, you just shot someone and are not in a sound mind.

Just my thoughts and what [Pre-paid legal service] has told me!

Are you calling the ambulance for yourself or the [hypothetical] person you have shot?

You are calling the ambulance hopefully for the other person but possibly you too if you are shot. If you are shot request two ambulances. Also you might need it for anxiety or something related to the shooting or a by stander. Better to get the wheels rollin and not need them than to need them and not have them. Also, should it go to court, which it will, calling an ambulance will show you didn't want them to die and you were just protecting your self, your property, or someone else's life/property.

[WildBill]

I would not say that you had to shoot someone or something like that. Just state that you have been the victim of a crime and need LE and EMS. State to the 911 dispatcher what you are wearing and your information (age, race, height) and nothing else. Keep hands out of your pockets when LE arrive and do not be surprised if they detain you "for their safety" reholster your firearm but be prepared to use it again before LE get there in case the BG gets up or has some friends. Immediately after contact with the police invoke your right to remain silent and you would like to speak to your attorney before any further questioning and have your attorney present. In Texas you have the right to remain silent but you MUST invoke this right. Technically they have to stop asking you questions at this point. If EMS wants to treat or transport you, you should probably comply. Make no statements as far as what happens, you just shot someone and are not in a sound mind.

Just my thoughts and what [Pre-paid legal service] has told me!

Are you calling the ambulance for yourself or the [hypothetical] person you have shot?

You are calling the ambulance hopefully for the other person but possibly you too if you are shot. If you are shot request two ambulances. Also you might need it for anxiety or something related to the shooting or a by stander. Better to get the wheels rollin and not need them than to need them and not have them. Also, should it go to court, which it will, calling an ambulance will show you didn't want them to die and you were just protecting your self, your property, or someone else's life/property.

If you are calling for the other person why wouldn't you tell them the type of injury, i.e. gunshot wound? [Eventually the police will know that you shot the person.]

If you were really serious about helping the person you wouldn't say that they were "a victim of a crime". You would give them your best assessment of their injuries.

That type of statement doesn't give any useful information to the 911 operator, the EMTs or LEOs about what to expect when they arrive at the scene.

This type of statement seems sanctimonious and self-serving.

Treatment for "anxiety or something related to the shooting" is much less serious than losing massive amounts of blood from a gun shot wound.

If this is really what [pre-paid legal] is suggesting, I think that this advice is naïve, over simplified and, possibly misleading. They are the experts, not me. IANAL, EMT, MD or LEO.

[rdcrags]

Isn’t it more helpful to your case to say “I had to shoot a person who is dressed like a man when he tried to shoot me”? Instead of “tried to rob me”. My position would be that I feared for my life, not that I was about to be $80 less rich.

What difference does it make how he's dressed?

These days , one cannot tell by looking at the person externally, so to speak. Even if my intent is to say the minimum, I wouldn't want to be told later that, in the process of identifying my attacker, I described the wrong gender, and therefore don't know what I am talking about. "Well, it looked like a man" seems a little weak.