- Posted January 16, 2014
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June trial set for man who shot woman on porch
DETROIT (AP) -- A June trial is scheduled for a Detroit-area man charged with second-degree murder after shooting a young woman on his porch.
Theodore Wafer was arraigned Wednesday in Wayne County Circuit Court about a month after a judge in another court found probable cause to send him to trial. A not guilty plea was entered. His trial is scheduled June 2 and Judge Qiana Lillard expects it to take two weeks.
Wafer shot and killed 19-year-old Renisha McBride through his screen door before dawn Nov. 2. He says he feared for his safety at his Dearborn Heights home.
Earlier that morning, McBride smashed her car into a parked car about a half-mile away in Detroit. Witnesses say she was injured but walked away. The autopsy revealed a very high blood-alcohol level.
Published: Thu, Jan 16, 2014
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