Again, depends who’s on the jury. The operator said HE was going to get shot, he said “I don’t think so”, in his own words of course. Besides, if there is a law in Texas that covers defending a neighbors property and he was given the task to defend the neighbors property AND knew the law, it may not be such a long shot.
He said on tape that he doesn’t know the neighbors who live in the house that was broken into, so any assertion that the neighbor asked him to protect their property is not going anywhere in court.
IMO the Operator was implying that if the officers arrived and saw him standing there with the shotgun, they would possibly shoot him in the “fog of war”
However a good defense attorney could use this statement to bolster the notion that the shooter was in fear for his life.
Also From the tape:
“I understand that, but I have a right to protect myself too”
He does not state, “I have the right to defend my neighbors property”