Jury selection has begun in the murder trial of
Theodore Wafer, a 55-year-old Dearborn Heights, Michigan homeowner charged in the shooting
death of 19-year-old Detroit native Renisha McBride last year and whose case has
grabbed national headlines drawing comparisons to the racially charged Trayvon
Martin case in Florida, reported the Detroit News. Like the Martin case, shooter is
white and a the victim black.
Wafer is charged with
second-degree murder, manslaughter and felony use of a firearm in McBride’s
death. Authorities say Wafer shot McBride in the face with a shotgun as she
knocked on the front door to this home in the early morning on Nov. 2, following
a car accident. The home is on the Dearborn
Heights and Detroit border.
Police say they received a 911 call around 4:42 a.m.
reporting a fatal shooting.
“I just shot somebody on my front porch with a
shotgun, banging on my door,” Wafer said on the 911 call. Wafer’s lawyers have
said he believed McBride was an intruder.
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