Posted on 04/14/2018 1:39:45 AM PDT by BBell
DETROIT (AP) — A black 14-year-old boy who got lost in a Detroit suburban neighborhood while trying to get to school was shot at by a white homeowner after knocking on a door to ask directions, prosecutors said Friday, citing home security video and the account of the boy.
Jeffery Zeigler, a retired Detroit firefighter, was arraigned Friday on charges including assault with intent to murder.
Oakland County sheriff's deputies were called to Zeigler's Rochester Hills' home about 8:20 a.m. Thursday after a woman told 911 that her husband had chased a black male who tried to break in. Deputies learned that a shot had been fired and found Brennan Walker — unharmed — down the street.
Walker's statement to police differed from that given by Zeigler, according to assistant prosecutor Kelly Collins.
"We do have the benefit of home security video," Collins told the court Friday. He said Zeigler's account was not borne out by the video.
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sounds like the shooters wife is largely at fault for being over emotional to a knock at the door.
ALSO the teen - as soon as the woman got outa control he should have left the property since it was obvious he was not welcome. It’s their property and he was trespassing in going to the door even if for directions
The wife apparently says why did “these people” pick her home.
Could mean black people (as the teens mom automaticllay assumes), could mean robbers, could mean lost stupid oversleeping teens, etc.
lots of wrong by the:
teen - waking late and missing bus and “getting lost” following the bus route to school.
wife - being outa control and possibly assuming wrong motives of robbery by the teen.
husband - shooting at fleeing teen instead of just shooting at ground or someother way of a “scare” shot, or not shooting at all if teen was actually running away.
teen’s mom - inflamming situation by assumption of what the wife meant by “these people”.
The story says that his mother took his cell phone and his father is active duty deployed in the Middle East. But I, too, wonder how it was that he thought some random neighbor could tell him where his school was if he himself didn’t know it... and by April, if he’s been going there since August, he should know where the school is. If it’s so far away that he has to ride a bus, I doubt it’s walkable. I, too, think he was Trayvoning around the neighborhood looking for empty houses.
A 14 yr old kid doesn’t know the way to his school so he knocks on the door of a complete stranger at 8 am to ask directions?
No...Ain’t buyin’ it.”””
Me Either——School has been in session since at least last September-—and in the middle of APRIL, this kid doesn’t “know the way to school” ????? AT 8 AM ????? How fas was he ‘from the school’???
This was an attempt to see if anybody was home so he could prowl the property, I think.
Does the kid have a cell phone....”””
Don’t you mean an “Obama phone”???
I bet they were “just asking for directions”. It is well known that many of these thugs pretend they need help (car broken down, etc.) when they come to your door and then jump you. That is a favorite means of getting your guard down. Any thug who is on the receiving end of self-defense could make some phone claim like this, and many do. I did not read the article, but let’s see their rap sheets.
The early morning door knock is a known technique of burglars.
Not buying the sob story.
I live in a ‘semi rural’ area and a knock at the door is a surprise - if nothing else.
Most neighbors realize if they go ‘a-callin’ that when knocking on the door it is wise to call out the name of the person you are seeking or at least stand where you should be able to be seen from inside.
I still do deliveries and one never knows what to expect when knocking on a ‘strangers’ door.
Of course in ‘certain neighborhoods’ I make the person come to me or at least to the point where I can keep on eye on my vehicle.
I have had clients tell me there is no way they are coming down to meet me.
I calmly (well condescendingly) tell them that I get paid whether I deliver or not and you can either come to the office or it will get done in the next week or so. That usually gets their attention..
Mike Tyson was living in my area and I had a late night misroute that we figured he ‘needed’. I went to his place and no one answered but someone shouted for me to ‘get the F out of there’. I left and it was about a week later an incident happened and he ended up getting charged for attacking the person who caused an accident MT was involved in...
Now that would be ‘shocking’...doing your assigned duties and that animal attacks you because you knocked on his door or rang his gate....
what... no 0bama phone???
P.S. I posted that picture because the initial claims resembled that part of the movie.
It is not meant to indicate that I believe the young man is guilty.
He said his mother had taken his phone.
His story still sounds fishy. I might cut him some slack if he’s Special Ed.
If his father is active duty, then he is likely to have moved recently. He is also likely used to living in an environment where the relationship between neighbors is more casual, secure, and people with guns are actually secure and confident.
Yea, we don’t know the circumstances here - but if the guy contradicts his security camera in this way, he’s asking to be arrested.
That was my first thought. Why would he go to a house for directions when he could just call? I sense a case in progress and the homeowner sensed the truth.
“Just singin’ in the rain...”
No landline at his house? A 14 year old left to fend for himself, what, locked out of the house? No house key? Surely a latchkey kid has a house key. First impulse would be to call his parents. Sorry, story is full of holes and just does not add up.
You may be right, that explanation also makes sense. I’m highly suspicious of any story the media makes a big deal out of now. I remember Clock Boy.... so clearly a set up...
Did you even read the story? There’s a security video and also he didn’t have his phone on him at the time. how is something like that out of the ordinary?
Read the story again.
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