Jury sees video of white man with shotgun who greeted lost black teen
Jurors in suburban Detroit this week were shown home security video of a 53-year-old white man with a shotgun opening fire on an unarmed 14-year-old black boy who was lost. The 8:20 a.m. shooting April 12 did not injure the teen, Brennan Walker, but the Oakland County Sheriff's Office arrested Jeffrey Zeigler of Rochester Hills, Michigan, on charges that eventually included assault with intent to murder and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony, according to the agency's summary of the incident.
Zeigler is a retired Detroit firefighter. His wife called police that morning to report "that a black male was trying to break into her house and her husband chased after him into the yard," according to the sheriff's summary. But Brennan said he simply missed a bus to school that morning and decided to walk to campus a few miles away. He said he got lost and stopped at Zeigler's home to ask for directions — but was met by a shirtless man with a shotgun, prompting him to run as one round was fired.
"I knocked on the door, stepped back, knocked, stepped back, and then a lady came downstairs yelling at me," the teenager told NBC News affiliate WDIV in Detroit in April. "She asked me, 'Why are you trying to break into my house?' and I told her I was just looking for directions to Rochester High."
Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard told the station that the attack was "just completely unacceptable on every level. I don't know how you would justify it, but it certainly doesn't pass the muster." The case caused a stir in Oakland County, where Rochester Hills Mayor Bryan K. Barnett said in a statement in spring that he was "personally sickened by the initial reports and they suggest behavior completely unacceptable and inconsistent with the character and values of our community."
After his arrest Zeigler was released on $50,000 bond and ordered to wear a tracking device.
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