Theodore Wafer

A jury convicted a US man of second-degree murder and manslaughter on Thursday after he shot a drunk, unarmed black woman in the face on his porch last year. It rejected his claim that he was afraid for his life and had acted in self-defence.

A man on trial for killing an unarmed woman who showed up drunk on his porch told jurors on Monday that when he bought the gun he shot her with, it was a form of home security he could afford.

A jury convicted a US man of second-degree murder and manslaughter on Thursday after he shot a drunk, unarmed black woman in the face on his porch last year. It rejected his claim that he was afraid for his life and had acted in self-defence.

A man on trial for killing an unarmed woman who showed up drunk on his porch told jurors on Monday that when he bought the gun he shot her with, it was a form of home security he could afford.