The man tells police he thought Renisha McBride was breaking into his home. Her family says she needed help after an accident.
Renisha McBride was shot and killed under circumstances that are not completely clear. Police say she had been in a car accident hours before knocking on the door of a home in Dearborn Heights, Michigan. She was shot and killed with a shotgun.
Police were called to the shooting early in the morning of Nov. 2 and found 19-year-old McBride shot and killed on the front porch of a home, according to a police statement. Now the suspect has told police he fired by mistake.
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“This man’s claiming – believed the girl was breaking into the home. And he’s also saying the gun discharged accidentally,” Lt. James Serwatowski, chief detective, said Thursday to the Detroit Free Press.
The family said she had gone to the house seeking help after being involved in a car accident several blocks away. "This girl was not shot in the back of the head while leaving the porch," Serwatowski said. "I don't know where the family is getting this. She was shot in the front of the face, near the mouth."
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