Wayne County Prosector Kym Worthy announced second-degree murder charges against the 54-year-old Dearborn Heights homeowner who shot to death 19-year-old Renisha McBride when she knocked on his door at 3:40 a.
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m. on Nov. 2.
Theodore Hall Wafer faces up to life in prison if convicted on the charges, which include second-degree murder, manslaughter and possession of a firearm while in the commission of a crime.
“He did not act in self-defense,” Worthy said. “Someone who claims self-defense must have an honest and reasonable belief of imminent death or harm to themselves or others.”
Wafer told police his 12-gauge shotgun accidentally discharged when he mistook McBride for an intruder. Authorities believe McBride was knocking on Wafer’s door to ask for help after she was in a car accident a few hours earlier.
New toxicology reports show McBride was intoxicated when she died, but it’s unclear how that is relevant to her death.
Police said McBride hit a parked car in Detroit shortly before 1 a.m. and walked off. Neighbors called 911 several times but McBride was nowhere to be found when police showed up.
It’s unclear what happened to McBride between 1 a.m. and 3:40 p.m. She was shot six blocks from where she crashed.
An autopsy report showed that McBride was not shot at close range, which makes a case for self-defense much more difficult.
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