He Claimed Self-Defense. Then the Prosecutor Played the Bus Video Frame by Frame.

Isaiah Orozco pulled a gun at a bus stop, pointed it at the ground, put it back in his pocket and walked away. Joseph Harris fired sixteen shots and told detectives it was self-defense. He didn't know a city bus had recorded everything. On a Monday morning in February 2022, two blocks from the courthouse in downtown San Antonio, an argument at a bus stop ended with 21-year-old Isaiah Orozco dead on the sidewalk. The man who shot him, Joseph Dale Harris, didn't run. He put his hands up, told the first officer "I'm the shooter," and waited for police. Isaiah had a Glock in his pocket, but there was nothing in the chamber, and none of the sixteen shell casings came from it. That afternoon Harris told homicide detectives that once Isaiah was down, he stopped firing, and that he didn't know if there was a video. There was. At trial, eyewitnesses described a pause, and then one more shot. When Harris took the stand, the prosecutor walked him through the bus video one frame at a time. The jury convicted him of murder and rejected his sudden-passion claim. The State asked for 60 years. The jury gave him 68. Then Isaiah's family spoke. This video follows the trial from the opening statement to the victim impact statements, and ends with five lessons on why self-defense failed even though the victim really did pull a gun. Was Joseph Harris in fear for his life, or had the danger already walked away? Tell us in the comments. CHAPTERS 0:00 "There's actually a video of it" 1:16 February 28, 2022: sixteen shots at a bus stop 1:44 The prosecutor's opening 4:28 "I'm the shooter": the first officer 4:49 Isaiah's gun: nothing in the chamber 6:12 The eyewitness at the bus stop 8:27 "Four or five, pause, and then one more" 9:29 Three floors up 10:58 Sixteen shell casings 11:58 The interview: "Once he was down, I stopped firing" 13:30 Alone in the interview room 14:15 The charge becomes murder 14:51 The witness twenty feet away 16:44 The defense case 17:57 Joseph Harris takes the stand 19:50 Cross-examination 21:11 The bus video, frame by frame 24:03 The sixteenth shot 25:04 Closing arguments 28:09 The verdict 28:46 Sudden passion: the punishment phase 30:15 68 years 31:10 Isaiah's family speaks 34:11 Why self-defense failed: five lessons 37:19 The appeal 37:42 The young man they knew #court