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| Theodore Wafer: Renisha McBride shooting 'an accident' | Theodore Wafer: Renisha McBride shooting 'an accident' |
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| A man charged with killing an unarmed black woman on his suburban Detroit porch in November initially told police it was an accident, a jury has heard. | A man charged with killing an unarmed black woman on his suburban Detroit porch in November initially told police it was an accident, a jury has heard. |
| Theodore Wafer, 55, said he did not know his shotgun was loaded, according to recorded remarks played at trial. | Theodore Wafer, 55, said he did not know his shotgun was loaded, according to recorded remarks played at trial. |
| Renisha McBride, 19, was shot in the face after coming to Mr Wafer's home in a predominantly white neighbourhood hours after crashing her car nearby. | Renisha McBride, 19, was shot in the face after coming to Mr Wafer's home in a predominantly white neighbourhood hours after crashing her car nearby. |
| She was later found to have been intoxicated at the time of her death. | She was later found to have been intoxicated at the time of her death. |
| "A consistent knocking on the door, and I'm trying to look through the windows and the door," Mr Wafer said in remarks to authorities recorded soon after the shooting. | |
| "It's banging somewhere else so I open up the door, kind of like who is this? And the gun discharged," he added. "I didn't know there was a round in there." | "It's banging somewhere else so I open up the door, kind of like who is this? And the gun discharged," he added. "I didn't know there was a round in there." |
| 'Unnecessary' | 'Unnecessary' |
| A lawyer for Mr Wafer, who is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting, has argued self-defence, claiming Mr Wafer feared for his life. | A lawyer for Mr Wafer, who is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting, has argued self-defence, claiming Mr Wafer feared for his life. |
| Prosecutors, meanwhile, argue Mr Wafer should have stayed inside and called the police when McBride came to his home. | Prosecutors, meanwhile, argue Mr Wafer should have stayed inside and called the police when McBride came to his home. |
| "His actions that night were unnecessary, unjustified and unreasonable," prosecutor Danielle Hagaman-Clark told the court on Wednesday, adding there was no evidence of an attempted break-in at the scene. | |
| McBride was shot as she stood on the porch in the Dearborn Heights area shortly before 04:00 local time on 2 November. | McBride was shot as she stood on the porch in the Dearborn Heights area shortly before 04:00 local time on 2 November. |
| A car registered to Ms McBride's family had crashed into a parked vehicle about two hours before the shooting, a few streets away. | A car registered to Ms McBride's family had crashed into a parked vehicle about two hours before the shooting, a few streets away. |
| It is unclear what happened in the intervening time. | It is unclear what happened in the intervening time. |
| A subsequent toxicology report on Ms McBride indicated she had a blood alcohol level of 0.218%, well above the state's drink-driving limit. | A subsequent toxicology report on Ms McBride indicated she had a blood alcohol level of 0.218%, well above the state's drink-driving limit. |
| She was also found to have marijuana in her body, although it was not clear she had used the drug the day of her death. | She was also found to have marijuana in her body, although it was not clear she had used the drug the day of her death. |
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