theodore wafer opened his interior door.ocked, he today unlock it and open it. the interior door was open. the screen door was locked. he shot through the locked door. why didn't he simply close the larger heavier interior door, lock it and call the police? he said he couldn't find his self phone. is not being able to find your cell phone justification for taking the life of the 19-year-old girl? >> he didn't know she was 19, lisa. he saw a shadowy figure. i submit to say he didn't know it was a woman or man. and reports say at certain times he thought there were more than even two people banging on his door. again, at separate locations in front of the house. >> then why did he open the interior door if he thought there was a group of people there. >> i think he was trying to see if there were only one person. and i think it sounds like he wasn't convinced that it was just one person. >> once he opened the door, would he have seen. >> no. he thought there were knocks on the other side of the house. >> why did he open the do

well, theodore wafer testified. joining me now, criminal defense attorney saying st.er prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst. >> thanks for being here. >> what do you make for the defense attempt to introduce this new theory. >> i actually think it is a smart move, if they could get that evidence in. all about ramping up the level of danger. that mr. wafer felt at the time and therefore justifying his actions. so if you can argue the only thing scarier than one renisha mcbride, would be two. i also think it is important because there are a couple of indus puted facts in this case. one is that renisha mcbride was knocking on the front door of that home at 4:30 in the morning. the argument, common sense analogy, analysis to that argument is, if someone is going to break into your home at 4:30 in the morning, they are doing it because they think you are sleeping or you're not home. so why would someone knock on the front door and alert you that they are about to break in? it doesn't make sense with the theory she is knocking on the front door of that home if she is about to

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abc's alex perez has the story. >> reporter: theodore wafer's defense attorneys slamming investigators on the witness stand wednesday accusing authorities of compromising evidence after wafer shot and killed 19-year-old renisha mcbride. >> don't you agree that it would have been best that night to call the experts in and have them process it? >> it wasn't a whodunit. we had mr. wafer admitting or saying that it was an accident. >> reporter: defense attorneys argue wafer intentionally fired his 12 gauge shotgun in self-defense when mcbride ended up on his front porch intoxicated and backing on his door in the middle of the night last november. at the center of this case was mcbride threatening wafer? >> it appears the distance between the end of the barrel and the decedent was less than three feet. >> reporter: prosecutors resting their case wednesday. the defense calling a forensic pathologist who believes mcbride had markings on his left hand the defense believes are injuries from trying to break into the home. >> the bleeding injury from the back of the hand is fresh, not dried and i

. >> during opening statements, the prosecutor said that 55-year-old theodore wafer had a choice. he could have called 911 and waited for police to arrive before grabbing his shotgun. >> the defendant in this case had other options. he could have called 911 but he didn't. his actions that night were unnecessary, unjustified, and unreasonable. because of what he did that night, a 19-year-old girl is dead. >> both sides agreed that wafer shot mcbride early on the morning of november 2, but the defense it is wafer was terrified because he thought someone was trying to break into his home. his lawyer says wafer looked for his cell phone and when he couldn't find it, he went in search of his gun. >> he was acting and reacting to escalating fear, escalating, breaking of the house, never had been so scared in his entire life, as as horrible and sad at this case is that a 19-year-old woman is dead, the law says he was justified for what he did. >> the jury learned that on the day before she died, mcbride spent part of the afternoon smoking marijuana and drinking vodka with her best friend

jurors got to see dash cam video after theodore wafer killed renisha mcbride.didn't know the gun was loaded and abc's alex perez has the latest. >> reporter: for the first time jurors hearing theodore wafer's voice in the moments after he shot and killed renisha mcbride talking to a responding officer revealing an explanation that had not been heard before. >> the gun discharged. i didn't know there was a round in there. >> reporter: an accident. until now he maintained he intenti intentionally fired fearing for his own life when 19-year-old mcbride ended up on his porch, drunk and pounding on his door in the middle of the night last november. >> i don't get it. who'sing knowing on your door? >> reporter: this new account could be a hurdle for the defense. >> you're now saying it was a mistake. that's a different kind of defense. prosecutors are either going to argue he's not to be believed about what happened or you can believe him and his conduct was still so incredibly reckless that he should still be found guilty. >> reporter: mcbride's mother and family ov

the explanation was revealed as jurors listened to theodore wafer's interview with police just after the shooting. until now, wafer maintained he intentionally fired in self-defense fearing his own life when 19-year-old renisha mcbride ended up on his porch last november. >>> a flea market find is back with its rightful owner called a tribute flag. messages from a fallen marine's comrade after he died in a helicopter crash in iraq. now, it was supposed to go to the machine's family, not to a flea market but that's where it was purchased for 5 bucks. the buyers didn't know what it was right away. >> we were like, oh, my gosh, you know, why isn't this with this young man's pore? >> my son coming back to me and i loved them for that. >> the marine's mother will meet her benefactors tomorrow and get the flag from them, another memento to help her remember the son she lost. >>> and still ahead, i can't believe this one, how the sun nearly cooked us two years ago. >>> buzzing the tower. a drone gets too close to seattle's space needle sparking an all-out investigation. >>> and intimidation

. >> reporter: 24-year-old theodore wafer appearing expressionless in court today, accused of killing 19-year-old renisha mcbride in the mild of the night. she was drunk that night and injured, stumbling to his door for help after a car accident. wafer grabbed his shotgun and fired through the screen door, killing mcbride. he's claiming seventy ining se. >> somebody comes right in front of him. less than two feet away, coming at him from the side and he sees half a figure and he shoots. >> reporter: the case has sparked outrage. some comparing mcbride's killing to that of florida teen trail von martin. the prosecution today arguing mcbride posed no threat to wafer. >> there was no sign of any attempted breaking into this house. >> reporter: in court today, the prosecution played wafer's 911 call to police shortly after the shooting. >> i just shot somebody on my front porch with a shot gun, banging on my door. >> reporter: wafer's lawyer argues he was terrified that mcbride was pounding on the front door. >> boom, boom, boom! >> reporter: at the senter of this trial, a michigan law th

of the morning, and abc's alex perez has that story. >> reporter: theodore wafer's trial beginning withtional and at times theatrical opening arguments wednesday. >> boom, boom, boom, boom. front door. he gets on the ground. crawling. in fear. >> reporter: defense attorneys arguing wafer feared for his life when he shot and killed 19-year-old renisha mcbride through the screen door of his suburban detroit home last november. but the prosecution said otherwise. >> the investigation will show you that there was no signs of any attempted breaking into this house. >> reporter: investigators say mcbride was drunk and had injured herself in a car accident when she stumbled on to his porch in the middle of the night pounding on the door looking for help. >> this is the door he shot through. is that going to keep anybody out? no. >> reporter: at the center of the trial a michigan law that allows a person to use deadly force to defend themselves in their own home if they honestly, or reasonably believe they're in danger of death or great bodily harm. prosecutors argue mcbride was unarmed and pos

dislodged front door screen, testimony centered on these two pieces of evidence during day four of theodore wafer'sder trial. >> in these examinations, the conclusion that i was able to reach is what we would call a close range shot. >> eight feet is the distance this forensic firearms examiner said stood between wafer and 19-year-old ranisha mcbride when he shot her. it was around 4:30 a.m. the defense said mcbride was banging on the door of his home when he fired a shot through his screen. testifying for the prosecution, state police detective said it took at least six pounds and five-ounces of pressure to pull the trigger, and firing it would have been no accident. >> if i had my finger on this trigger, i had better be ready to shoot something. >> wafer initially told authorities the shooting was an accident, now claims self defense. his attorney has tried to attack the quality of the police investigation. >> would you agree with me that your office and your investigators are kind of hamstringed by the lack of resources? >> yes. >> ok. do you wish your office could get more money so you could do

the prosecution resting its case on wednesday and the first witness for the defendant, theodore wafer, a forensic pathologist focuses on the victims drinking. she knocked on wafers door in the middle of the night. the defense maintains that mcbride threatened wafer and he acted out of self defense. our legal cricketer here, jami floyd joins us. lets talk about that witness, this drinking. big deal or no deal at all? >> they brought in the lead medical examiner in this county, wayne county. he's nationally renowned, he's been in so many cases that i've covered in my career, and now testifies mostly for the defense. he's here not just to testify about her drinking as you said, but the defense had wanted him to testify about this thing we talked about earlier in the case, sudden fear. the judge has limited his testimony -- >> let's put that on the table. 19-year-old girl, even if drunk, does that rise to the level of sudden fear, pull my begun, shoot through the door? >> what the judge has said he can do is testify in a very limited fashion about how much he had to drink, because we have

it was day two of the prosecution's case in the murder trial of rinesha mcbride. 55-year-old theodore wafercharged with second degree murder and manslaughter for shooting the 19-year-old last november. rinesha showed up drunk but unarmed on his porch in the early morning. she crash ed her car and wandered to his house looking for help. but the 55-year-old shot mcbride in the face through a closed door, killing her. today, the prosecution called the first responding police officer that night. the first to speak with her after the shooting. the audio was captured by a dashboard camera. the prosecution played it in court. wafer then explained what happened. i was like, who is this. the gun discharged. i didn't know there was a round in there. i don't get it. who's knocking on your door at 4:30 in the morning? bang, bang, bang. >> the gun discharged. he didn't know there was a round in there. his attorney laid a different account in opening statements yesterday. >> why he shot her is what's at issue in this case. why. it was because of fear. never had been so scared in his entire life. i will a

. >>> lawyers told jurors that theodore wafer feared for his life when renisha white came to his door to ask for help. >>> a massive social media campaign to win the freedom of nigeria's missing girls. it's been 100 days sin boko haram fighters kidnapped nearly 300 gir girls from chibok in northern nigeria. after another attack 44 people killed in two bombings in the city of kaduna, there are increasing concerns that the insurgency is moving to other parts of the country. >> when you speak to the families of these missing girls they are trying to keep the hope alive. it's the only thing really left that they can cling onto. but in their town in their community of course many people are wondering whether these girls would ever come back. it has been 100 days and very little has been made public about the search and rescue effort. we understand that at least four parents of these missing girls have died in the past 100 days as a result of health complications, medical workers are linking to their ordeal. they understand seven other parents have died in further attacks by boko haram on t

during opening statements the prosecutor went on to say that 55-year-old theodore wafer, that he hadions, saying he should have called 911 and waiting for police to arrive, before grabbing a gun. this was a case and a shooting that was unjustified and unnecessary. take a listen. >> the defendant in this case had other options. he could have called 911, but he didn't. his actions that night were unnecessary. unjustified and unreasonable. because of what he did that night, a 19-year-old girl is dead. >> the defense, however, described waver as being terrified that night, saying that he thought someone was trying to break into his home. he went looking for his cell phone, he couldn't find it. he went for his gun. he opened his door, when he did that, mcbride appeared out of nowhere, that's when he fired a shot. waver's lawyer said this is a face plain and simple about self-defense. >> it was because of fear, and the fear hijacked. the doctor will tell you fear hijacks your body. the body goes through a physiological change, and all you think about is "i have to protect myself", survive

questions still remain as to how she ended up on the front porch of theodore wafer's home in dearbornheights banging on his door the next morning. >> he's in the kitchen and over there again and then what happened? bang bang bang, side door? >> the neighbor heard the fatal gunshot. >> after this gunshot, do you notice police? >> yes, sir. it was pretty quick, about two or three minutes. >> there's no question wafer shot mcbride. wafer's lawyers say it was self defense. the prosecution is trying to prove the 55-year-old had other options opinion in addition to two cell phone experts, both sides also questioned several forensic scientists. investigators waited more than a week to dust the scene for fingerprints. the defense asked if this could affect evidence. >> if you don't collect the fingerprint evidence quickly enough, it candace appear. >> it can. it depends on the circumstances, yes. >> the judge had some very strong words for some of those in the courtroom, saying that it was inappropriate to gasp, as well as walk out during testimony. tomorrow, we are expected to hear from the

theodore wafer who is white shot ranisha mcbride who was black after shebanged on the door last near. mcbride has been drinking. prosecutors say wafer should have kept the door shut and called 911 if he was scared. he claims his actions were in self-defense. the nypd is investigating video from a harlem station on july 14th. it shows them punching rondz johns and placing him in eye chokehold. a move against policy. they say he didn't pay the fare and resisted arrest. an investigation is under way into the death of a brooklyn man also put in an apparent chokehold during an arrest. >>> the milwaukee man who admitted he stole a violin will be sentenced today. his co-defendant is expected to change his not guilty plea. police recovered the 300-year-old violin in good condition nine days after it was stolen in january. the violin was worth $5 million. >> wow. okay. >>> you back later in the show? >> sure am. >> okay. see you then. >>> in northern cypress a new project is happening at the site, which many believe was a setting for shakespeare's tragedy "othello." >> it was built by crusader

. >> reporter: 54-year-old theodore wafer appearing expressionless in court, accused of killing renishaas drunk that night and injured, stumbling to his door for help after a car accident. wafer grabbed his shotgun and fired through the screen door, killing mcbride. he's claiming self-defense. >> somebody comes right in front of him. less than two feet away, coming at him from the side. he sees half a figure and he shoots. >> reporter: the case has sparked outrage. some comparing mcbride's killing to that of florida teen trayvon martin. the prosecution arguing mcbride posed no threat to wafer. >> that there was no sign of any attempted break-in into this is house. >> reporter: prosecution played wafer's 911 call to police shortly after the shooting. >> i just shot somebody on my front boemporch with a shotgun, banging on my front door. >> reporter: he says he was terrified that mcbride was pounding on the front door. >> boom, boom, boom! >> reporter: a michigan law allows a person to use deadly force to defend nemesis their own home if they honestly and reasonably believe there's a dang

last november, 19-year-old ranisha was showing up on theodore wafer's porch, drunk and unarmed after her car. wafer shot and killed her saying he was scared for his life. he's now charged with second degree murder and manslaughter. today the prosecution came close to resting their case, calling wafer's actions a necessary unjustified and unreasonable. but the real drama came before the jury are came in when once again the defense appeared to be putting the victim on trial. >> we heard in evidence why now can't i bring in the evidence of ranisha's cell phone pictures which show she steals drugs, marijuana specifically? >> for the second time this week the defense asked for ranisha's online screen name to be admitted as evidence. >> i think if the screen name for ranisha mcbride on twitter is important. her screen name is young and thugging. social media is probably the most accurate form of reputation evidence. even if the defendant doesn't know about the decedent's reputation. even if they are unaware of it it is admissible in furtherance to prove that the victim was a probable aggre

it was day two of the prosecution's case. 55-year-old theodore wafer is charged with second degree murder manslaughter for shooting 19-year-old ranisha mcbride last november. ranisha showed up drunk but unarmed at wafer's porch in the early morning. she just had crashed her car. her family said she wandered to wafer's house looking for help. but the 55-year-old shot mcbride in the face through a closed door, killing her. today, the prosecution took us right back to the front porch and what happened right before that deadly shot was fired. wafer said he was scared for his life because someone was banging on his door. the forensic experts in blood collection and fingerprints testified about what they found and didn't find on the scene. >> he received a sample from the swabbed front storm door. >> that's correct. the dna are profile developed from the blood stain from the front door matched ranisha mcbride. >> number one is an impression that i can't tell you what caused it. imprint two is consistent with the with size of the last joint of the finger. could have been made by a finger, but it

this is the case of the detroit man, theodore wafer, who shot and killed mcbride when she crashed herear his house, knocked on his door for help. very early in the morning. we've already had two full days of testimony. the court heard a recording of wafer saying he did not know that his gun was loaded. if he didn't think that the shotgun was loaded, why would he pull the trigger? >> well, now, of course, he's saying it's self-defense. that recording was taken back when the incident first happened. and the story has now evolved. when mr. wafer takes the stand in this case, and i believe that will happen, i think you're going to hear a very different story and it's going to be one of self-defense. now, whether ms. mcbride was seeking help or breaking in, craig, that's what's being argued here. the prosecutors are arguing she was seeking help. her car was in some kind of accident. a few hours later she showed up banging on mr. wafer's front door. he's going to argue she was trying to break in. in this state in michigan, a homeowner has the right to use lethal force if they believe someon

meanwhile in michigan today, jury selection is under way in the trial of 55-year-old theodore wafer,is charged with fatally shooting 19-year-old renish amc bride in the face when she knocked on his door last year looking for help after a car accident. two cases both drawing widespread allegations of implicit racial bias on the part of both civilians and police. joining me now to discuss both of these cases, a former prosecutor and criminal defense attorney and lisa bloom, attorney and analyst for the "today" show and the author of "suspicion nation," which revisits the legal case in the death of trayvon martin. i want to start with the garner case. i'll start with you, lisa. you have a case here of a man who was being arrested or being, you know, discussed with police because he was selling cigarettes illegally, allegedly. but then you have a case on tape of somebody who is saying, i can't breathe, who has asthma and who is then -- he dies after that choke hold. but i think a lot of people in new york would still be dubious that this is going to result in arrests or prosecutions of t

prosecutors say 54-year-old theodore wafer who is white, fatally shot 19-year-old black woman who wasmed. last november he was bloody and driving on -- he felt threat bd and shot her in the face through his locked screen door. but say he didn't intend to kill her. mcbride's family says she was the victim of a brutal crime. >> it's a murder. and it's a horrible murder. i can't imagine in my wildest dreams of what that man feared from her. to shoot her in her face. >> eric is criminal and civil trial attorney. charged with second-degree murd murder, manslaughter, committing a felony with a firearm as well. wafer is claiming self-defense. he shot the young woman through a locked front door. how does he go about proving it was in fact a defense. what is their argument? >> it's going to be that he feared for his life based upon other incidents as far as people doing home invasions and robberies, and we have to keep in mind, craig, this was at 4:00 a.m. which if he was woken out of his sleep, he was afraid. he was disoriented. he could have possibly been afraid. that's what the defense is g

this morning, more evidence convicting theodore wafer, the 55-year-old charged with fatally shooting nisha mcbride, a gun expert testifying the story wafer told police he accide accidentally fired his shotgun is impossible. >> first needs to be loaded, that needs to be chambered and then the safety needs to be taken from safe to off. >> reporter: in this dash cam audio recorded the morning of the incident wafer is heard telling an officer on scene he didn't know his gun was loaded. >> i didn't know there was a round in there. >> reporter: a dispatch operator testified wafer told him the shooting was an accident. but defense attorneys arguing wafer intentionally fired the shotgun fearing for his own life when last november mcbride ended up on his front porch drunk pounding on his door in the middle of the night. prosecutors say mcbride posed no threat to wafer arguing she was drunk and injured after crashing her car before the shooting. one expert testifying this spiderweb crack in the glass likely indicates mcbride's head hit the windshield. >> may be possible for the driver to strike

. >> reporter: prosecutors make their case for murder against theodore wafer, another half dozen witnesses, more law enforcement officers, one of wafer's neighbors and a friend of mcbride, the 19-year-old woman shot and killed on the doorstep on this detroit area home. >> i just shot somebody on my front porch with a shotgun banging on my door. >> reporter: emotional moments marking the first week of the trial. mcbride's mother tearing up on the stand talking about the last time she saw her daughter. family members leaving the courtroom at one point over come by pictures of rah nisha and the jury hearing what wafer told police minutes after the deadly shooting. >> so i open the door kind of like who is this? >> reporter: mcbride's death has sparked fury, some describing the shooting as racially charged. wafer's attorneys argue the 55-year-old was defending himself in his home. he woke up terrified by heavy banging noises in the middle of the night. much of the case hinging on wafer's screen door. >> could have called 911, but he didn't. his actions that night were unnecessary, unjustified

alexandra field has more. >> reporter: prosecutors argue it's clear, theodore wafer knew what he waso be pointed. the trigger had to be pulled. >> reporter: resting their case for murder after a final witness takes the stand, a medical examiner testifying renisha mcbride was shot in the face, fewer than three feet from the end of the barrel of this .12 gauge shotgun. >> the injury from the shotgun wound was so catastrophic i couldn't determine any other injuries. >> reporter: mcbride had been drinking, her blood alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit and there was marijuana in her system. three and a half hours before she was shot through wafer's locked screen door she drove into a parked car, her head apparently smashing the windshield. wafer told police he shot her by accident. the defense argues she was banging vie letbang ing violently on the door in the middle of the night and he was afraid for his life. >> boom, boom, boom, boom! he is awoken. >> reporter: crime scene photos show blood on mcbride's hand. the medical examiner says he found no signs either hand was inju

. >> the trial of theodore wafer gets underway in detroit, the 55-year-old who has admitted to killing a 19-year-old in november with a shotgun blast to the face. mcbride was apparently knocking on his front door for help from a car accident when he shot her. wafer pleaded not guilty, saying he was defending himself. >> one of the world's largest cigarette companies could pay billions, that is our big number today, $23.6 billion. >> a jury has ordered r.j. reynolds to pay that, plus $17 million in compensatory damages to a florida widow whose husband died from lung cancer. r.j. reynolds said the verdict is excessive and will appeal. >> paying out $114 million in other cases. the company is appealing $180 million in jury awarded damages. >> this week could bring a heatwave for a big part of the country. >> let's find out temperatures we can expect across the nation today with our meteorologist nicole mitchell. >> we are already seeing heat right now as we start off the door. minneapolis as 75 is warmer than los angeles at 56 or atlanta at 73. that's part of the problem with one of these

. >> reporter: this morning day two of jury selection in the trial of theodore wafer, the white suburbanetroit resident accused of shooting and killing an unarmed 19-year-old african-american woman. >> you took a beautiful life that was starting to blossom into a beautiful woman and for that, i hope you stay in jail for the rest of your life because i have to go on with my life and her father without our daughter. >> reporter: renish renisha mcb east death sparked outrage dividing this community. many comparing mcbride's death to florida teenager trayvon martin's death. george zimmerman argued self-defense in that case and was not not guilty. authorities say mcbride was intoxicated and injured after crashing her car and took off on foot looking for help. about 5:00 a.m. she ended up on wafer's front porch, knocking on his door. that's when according to prosecutors he fired a 12 gauge shotgun killing mcbride. >> ah, yes, i just shot somebody on my front porch. >> reporter: prosecutors charge him with second degree murder, manslaughter and committing a felony with a firearm. >> by all repo

. >> reporter: this morning the trial of theodore wafer, the white suburban detroit resident accusedm into a beautiful woman. and for that, i hope you stay in jail for the rest of your life because i have to go on with my life and her father without our daughter. >> reporter: renisha mcbride's death last november sparked outrage dividing this community. many comparing mcbride's death to florida teenager trayvon martin's death. george zimmerman argued self-defense in that case and was found not guilty. authorities say mcbride was intoxicated and injured after crashing her car, and then took off on foot, looking for help. about 5 a.m. she ended up on wafer's front porch, knocking on his door. that's when, according to prosecutors, wafer fired a 12-gauge shotgun, killing mcbride. >> uh, yes, i just shot somebody on my front porch. >> reporter: prosecutors charge wafer with second-degree murder, manslaughter and committing a felony with a firearm. >> by all reports, she was unarmed and there were no signs of forced entry to the home. >> reporter: wafer, who does not dispute shooting mcbr

. >> reporter: for the first time a michigan jury hears what theodore wafer said happened that november but every time i look through the window i said who is this. it's banging somewhere else. >> reporter: overs arrive to find mcbride dead outside the doorway. charged with second-degree murder, the defense says wafer was trying to protect himself. >> boom, boom, boom, boom. he is awoken, and did he look out the peep hole and sees a shadowy finger going around the side of the house. people were trying to get in. >> reporter: an autopsy report says renearbya mcbride's blood-alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit. according to testimony she was also smoking pot earlier in the night before she got in a car accident and left the scene. hours later she turned up at waver's door. prosecutors say she wasn't a threat and that her death wasn't an accident. >> that this isn't some sort of hair trigger device, that it requires at least six and a half pound of pressure in order for the trigger to be pulled back and the gun to be discharged. >> reporter: mcbride was unarmed, and there

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