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DETROIT (WJBK) -
Dearborn Heights resident Theodore Wafer is charged with 2nd Degree murder, manslaughter and illegal possession of a firearm in the shooting death of 19-year-old Renisha McBride.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced the charges, nearly two weeks after police say Wafer shot McBride on the porch of his Dearborn Heights home.
An autopsy released this week ruled McBride died of a gunshot wound to her face. A toxicology report released Thursday showed she had alcohol and marijuana in her system.
Police believe McBride was involved in a car accident several blocks north in Detroit before the shooting. Gerald Thurswell, the McBride family's attorney, says she likely went to the home seeking help.
"If he had called 911 when he heard her outside his house, (the police) would have been there within two minutes and she would be alive today," Thurswell said. "Maybe she would have been arrested for being intoxicated, but she would not be dead."
Under a 2006 Michigan self-defense law, a homeowner has the right to use force during a break-in. Otherwise, a person must show his or her life was in danger.
The shooting has prompted calls for a thorough investigation from civil rights groups that say race was a factor. McBride was an African-American. The race of the 54-year-old homeowner has not been revealed by authorities.
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