Walter Wafer, 55, is charged in the murder of Renisha McBride, 19, whom he killed by shooting in the face.  (Photo Credit: Google Images)
Walter Wafer, 55, is charged in the murder of Renisha McBride, 19, whom he killed by shooting in the face.
(Photo Credit: Google Images)

Jackie Taurianen of HLNTV.com is reporting that opening statements in the case against Theodore Wafer, 55, who shot and killed  Renisha McBride, 19, an unarmed 19-year-old girl on his porch last year, after McBride allegedly approached Wafer after being injured in a car accident.

Taurianen writes:

“Defense attorneys opened their case by telling jurors Wafer had heard banging on his door at least four separate times before he opened it and shot Renisha McBride in the face in the early morning hours of November 2, 2013. Wafer is charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter and felony use of a firearm.”

Wafer’s defense team is claiming that he shot McBride in the face in self-defense. Prosecutors allege that Wafer murdered McBride whom he shot through a locked screen door. Wafer is white and McBride is African-American. If convicted, Wafer faces life in prison.

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