Warning shot....
Sept. 6, 2007, 6:56PM
Man who shot musician told 911 he tried firing warning shot
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press Writer
© 2007 The Associated Press
DALLAS — A homeowner who killed a member of Edie Brickell & New Bohemians by shooting a gun through his back door told a 911 operator he was trying to fire a warning shot but didn't think the musician "was that tall."
But instead of scaring Jeffrey Carter Albrecht away, according to a tape of the 911 call released Thursday, the man tells the operator "I think I shot him" as Albrecht's body lay in the doorway.
He was "trying to get in the back door," said the homeowner, who identifies himself as William Logg. "I woke up and my wife was screaming. ... I looked out there and he's like trying to beat through the window. I yelled at him to get away."
Albrecht, who was 6-foot-5, was shot in the head around 4 a.m. Monday while trying to kick down Logg's back door, police said. Logg lives next door to Albrecht's girlfriend, whom police said the musician was fighting with before the shooting.
Police and friends of Albrecht have said they don't know why the 34-year-old had gone to the neighbor's home.
Albrecht's parents say despite the confusion over their son's actions, they understand why the neighbor reacted by firing his weapon.
"They didn't invite someone at that time in the morning to be kicking at their door," Ken Albrecht, the musician's father, said in an interview with Dallas television station KTVT. "He had a house to protect, a wife to protect and my heart goes out to them."
Coincidentally, the neighbor who shot Albrecht is also a musician. Logg, 54, is a blues guitarist who goes by the nickname "Smokey" and has recorded multiple albums.
Logg will not face charges, police said. The case will instead be turned over to a grand jury, but police and Dallas prosecutors have said Logg appeared to be within his rights under the state's self-defense laws.
The 10 1/2-minute call to 911 begins with Logg's wife screaming "There's someone in my yard!" Seconds after the call begins, a loud noise can be heard in the background.
When the operator asks what the noise was, Logg's wife said she doesn't know. Soon after, Logg can be heard telling his wife, "I think I just shot him."
"Oh my God! Oh my God, Billy, don't tell me that!" the woman says.
Albrecht, who went by his middle name, had been a keyboard player for the New Bohemians since 1999, according to the band's Web site. Albrecht played several times with Brickell's husband, Paul Simon. He also played with Texas musician Charlie Sexton, a renowned guitarist.
He also played keyboard and guitar and sang for Sorta, named in 2006 as the best local music act by the Dallas Observer.
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians scored a breakout hit in 1989 with "What I Am." They broke up for several years but regrouped and put out an album last year.
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