Opening Statements Set In Porch Shooting Trial

DETROIT (AP) — After two days of jury selection, opening statements are set for today in the trial of a Detroit-area man who opened his front door and shot an unarmed woman, killing her.

Theodore Wafer, an airport employee with no criminal record, is charged with second-degree murder. Wafer says he heard pounding at the door and fired his shotgun in self-defense in the death of 19-year-old Renisha McBride last November.

McBride was drunk and had crashed her car a half-mile away, 3 ½ hours before the shooting.

Prospective jurors were asked their views on race. The victim was black, while Wafer is white.