Texas law is a bit different. Here we can shoot in defense of our property. We can even shoot in defense of a third party’s property.
I have been told a different mantra by the cops and trainers, depending on the situation. “I was in fear for my life, I am feeling sick and want medical attention and a lawyer.”
Remember the Texas pick-up truck driver who witnessed from a distance as a highway patrolman was shot by a motorist he'd pulled over? The pick-up truck driver got his deer rifle off the rack and blew the perpetrator to hell from 50 yards away. The police all just wished he'd gotten there a little earlier and didn't even release his name to the press.