Andre Mahan, 31, was shot and killed in his Lincoln Park apartment shortly after 2:30 a.m. on Aug. 19, 2006, when a young gunman opened fire as Essie Mae Horne stood at the doorway. Horne dove into a bedroom; Mahan died on the kitchen floor. San Diego County Crime Stoppers and local law enforcement are offering up to $1,000 for tips that lead to an arrest. A decade later Horne lost her twin brother, Johnnie Ray Horne, to gun violence in a case that resulted in arrests and prison terms. Horne founded Tween Swag to address gun violence and mental health and emphasizes that healed people can help heal others.
Essie Mae Horne locked eyes with a killer. Standing just inside the frame of her front door in the middle of the night, he opened fire. She dove into her bedroom for cover. When Horne soon emerged, the young gunman was gone, and her husband who she had just kissed moments earlier was dying on the kitchen floor of their Lincoln Park apartment.
The attack on Mahan happened just after 2:30 a.m. on Aug. 19, 2006. Horne says she, Mahan and her cousin had just arrived home from an evening out, with their kids at grandma's house for the night. She stepped away to change clothes, heard a very loud boom and thought it was a car backfire. She headed into the living room to ask Mahan about it. A stranger was in the doorway, gun raised toward her. We locked eyes and he fired, she said.
The losses propelled Horne to create Tween Swag (pronounced twin swag), an organization geared toward addressing gun violence and mental health issues. Horne, 48, said Tuesday she has come to understand that hurt people hurt people, and that healed people can help heal people. When survivors speak, change happens, Horne said. She wants to be a light for her community.
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