Murder of Renisha McBride
| Murder of Renisha McBride | |
|---|---|
Location of Dearborn Heights in the state of Michigan. | |
| Location | West Outer Drive, Dearborn Heights, Michigan, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 42°20′25″N 83°15′20″W / 42.340243°N 83.255449°W |
| Date | November 2, 2013 4:42 am |
Attack type | Murder by shooting |
| Weapon | Shotgun |
| Victim | Renisha McBride, aged 19 |
| Perpetrator | Theodore Wafer |
| Motive | Erroneous fear that McBride was trespassing |
| Verdict | Guilty of all charges |
| Convictions | |
| Sentence | 17 to 32 years in prison |
| Litigation | $10 million lawsuit filed against Wafer by Renisha McBride's family |
The murder of Renisha Marie McBride (April 11, 1994 – November 2, 2013), a 19-year-old African American teenager, occurred on November 2, 2013, in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, United States. Renisha McBride crashed her car while intoxicated at a street in Detroit, and then walked to a neighborhood in Dearborn Heights where she knocked on the door of a house. The homeowner, 54-year-old Theodore Wafer, shot McBride with a shotgun. Wafer contended that the shooting was accidental and that he thought his home was being broken into after he heard her banging on his door at 4:42 in the morning.
Wafer was convicted of second-degree murder on August 7, 2014, and received a sentence of 17 to 32 years in prison. His sentence was re-affirmed in 2022.