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wafer lived at his home since 1994..always lived alone..no security system at the home..says he cldn't afford one

the home has three doors but he comes and go in side door...cause it's easy access..he doesn't really have a lot of company..

Wafer says he locks his front door and screen door/nd backdoor.the main entry(side door) is locked.doesn't useporch liteexcept for halloween

says front part of home not very lit if he doesn't use porch light. there is public lighting nearby.

Wafer says crime in his neighborhood. finds liquor, bottles, drug paraphenelia, on property. "weekends are the worst"

"I wouldn’t want to damage my own property," #TheodoreWafer states (regarding the AC unit)

says a neighbor pulled gun out on 3 guys who came to threaten him..another neighbor home broke into.wafer says he's "hi and by"type neighbor

wafer says neighborhodd "definitely changed" and is changing. "renters coming in more" foreclosures, stores closing.

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His general area was called Copper Canyon because of former Detroit resident ordinance forcing cops/other public workers to live inDetroit

he says for sale signs went up after residency rule struck down. wafer says "I like my house" and that he doesn't want to move

Waferonbuying gun in 2008:" I wasn’t getting anyyounger been living alone for a long time.Thought it was time to get some kind of securty i could afford

wafer says pistol grip came w/gun and that it is more manueravble inside his 1,100 sq. foot home

wafer talks about his home. he has glass block in back room, he's says he's update, glass block for security and that "it looks good too"

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Wafer says he bought buck shot for his shotgun a yr after buying it when he went shopping for a Kayak. he bought case for gun too

Wafer says he does not keep his gun loaded

Wafer says he loaded the gun over a month before the shooting. says after the neig.incident and his and neigh. cars gettingpaintballed.

wafer holds head back and starts talking about Nov. 2 shooting. hours leading up to it

says he went to neigh. pub around 7 p.m. Nov. 1 ..had about 3 beers

wafer says went home, ate sub, went to sleep around 10:30 p.m...got up to use bathroom around Midnight

says he has no land line..has "older model" cell phone.

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Wafer: "I can't remember the cell phone period." why not call cell phone: Wafer: "I cldn't find my cell phone." found after he fired shot

wafer says cell phone was in front pocket of jeans in bathroom. not normally where he keeps..

Wafer:hear this noice..loud banging..im in my recliner..i lay there for a minute..starts up again at the front door..that got me up.

Wafer:I don't know who's out there. you can hear the window...something;s slapping the window. the floor is vibrating

wafer says he sees a figures jumps from the porch and goes to right. then he hears 4-5 hits to the door. "each time it's getting moreviolent

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wafer:"after the second side door i waited for a few seconds in the kitchen in the middle of the kitchen. im back up against the sink"

'Wafer:"The side door starts getting attacked, it is worse .. I cld feel the doors vibrating. Windows rattling.'

Wafer: "I'm frozen. I'm frozen in the kitchen. I stop. I wait." Wafer says he looks outside thru doors' peep holes not windows

Wafer hands still clenched together..he says he keeps basaeball bat in home and he's clenching it "hard"..showing now

wafer: "front door starts up again. it's intense. it's metal hitting the door."

Wafer: "I know I had to get my gun" says baseball bat "wasn't going to get it."

Wafer says he didn't check it to see if it was loaded..says noise started up again "I'm frozen there. I don't know what to do."

"it stops. everytime it's stop "i think it's over.", says wafer. i was going to investigate. i didn't want to cower in my house. >>"

"I didn't want to be a victim," wafer continues..he says he looks out peephole.."it's distorted..it's cracked like two diff images."

wafer: "nobody's saying anything. someone wants to gain entry." didn't want to yell out, he says.."i didn't want anyoneto know my location..

Wafer says he looked out first and opened the door just a couple of inches. he opened door w/right hand. gun in left "this is trouble.."

"this is not good. the person come out from the right of my house so fast and I raised the gun and shot. (person) fell back in slow motion"

wafer says the person was dark complexioned, shorter stature, "i saw boots that maybe a woman..female wld wear"..he then put gun down..

and then tried to find my phone..wafer says he then found the phone

def atty: you think about this a lot: Wafer (breathing hard) yes.."so devastating" this poor girl .she had her whole life in front of her.."

"i took that from her.", wafer says crying..still holding his hands together..says it happened "too fast....too fast."

a female juror cries into a Kleenex during Wafer testimony about McBride

wafer crying as he talks about being feeling "panic ...confusion" that night

def atty wafer asking why feeling mad: he says "this is happening to me...why did this happened ....i don't get this..."

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def atty asks open door/" wafer: "i thought they were gong to come through..i didn't want to cower.i didn't want to be a vic in my own house

wafer says it was a reflex to pull the trigger and the person stepped about a foot in front of him. came fromleft. wafer looks at home pics.

but says from right..his left

Wafer says last threat at side door

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says he doesn't "see how I could do that" to def attyrequest to recreate what he heard.

def atty asks what he meant by term accident: wafer: " i can't explain it..i went to sleep that night.i didn't expect i'd havetofight4mylife

says he pulled tigger "to protect me myself to save myself itwas them or me..'

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pros: do you ever remember crying for 2-3 hours after you shot and killed renisha mcbride to wafer..he answers no

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pros. showing the police questioning of Wafer from Nov. 2 just after the fatal shooting of renisha mcbride

on side of house. "i didn't know how many people were there."

in police video. Wafer is seen on the viddeo telling police about his neighbor's incident and the paintball incident says he "just blewitoff

Wafer: "I should have just called you guys first.."

Wafer: "I should have just called you guys first.."

Wafer on his shot gun: "Im not sure the tech what you call it..the shit.."

on the video police asks Wafer porch light was on..and he says no it was not

Wafer: "Looking through the peephole i can see shadows but I can't make out..one finger .."

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Wafer: "I opened that door that fast..the weapon discharged.."

Wafer says he call Dearborn Heights police and 911..says shooting happened fast "we're talking boom.."

Wafer says "couldn't have been but a couple of feet" in the distance the weapon fired

officer doing the ques. asking Wafer how he held his gun..

Wafer to cop in police questioning shortly after Nov. 2 shooting : "self defense as far as I'm concerned.."

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Wafer tells police in interrogation he did not know McBride

wafer says the shooting "is so puzzling to me" says he doesn't know why a female wld be trying to break into his home..

wafer tells police he's trying to re-do his house and he sleep in his Laz-Z-Boy recliner

on the tape police are going through Wafer's cell phone

Wafer tells police he has no house phone, no computer..just the cell phone

wafer's testimony began around 2 p.m.

Wafer: "Is it a neighbor's kid??.." asking police about the deceased McBride

in tape police asking Wafer if there "was any reason" mcbride would have been in his house. he keeps telling them no.

police asks Wafer is he knew what race McBride was: he says dark complexioned is all he knows and that he lives in mixed neighborhood

Wafer says McBride looked pretty young and again tells police that he has no idea who McBride is..

police asks Wafer if he ever called for prostitutes since he's single and he says no

Wafer: "No sir..i do not frequent prostitutes." they also ask if he is attracted to female and he says "yes sir."

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Wafer tells police it sounded like someone was jiggling the screen door/ the security door on the side trying to get into the house

Wafer: "I wish i could afford the security where you could just turn on the cameras and see what's going on.."

Wafer: "I keep to myself. I like my sports. I watch the games on TV>"

police asks wafer anything else he can think of why a woman wld be banging at his door.

as the questioning continues the police conversation with wafer turns to conversation about him Kayaking

the police questioning lasting more than 40 minutes.

in the tape the Sgt.(Gurka) who is heading the inves. comes into interview room where Wafer is

Wafer said he got "a little paranoid" when he got paintballed..

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Police tell Wafer they are going to review all the evidence and the prosecutor's office will also look at the case.

Wafer: "So is it okay for me to take the screen off my house now" as he leaves from police interview Nov. 2

jurors breaking for the day..Wafer stepping done from witness stand

court resumes tommorrow at 9 a.m.

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