A young, drunk woman fatally shot on a man's porch in suburban Detroit was hurt, scared and confused a few hours earlier when she crashed her vehicle into a parked car, a witness testified Wednesday. 
 
 Theodore Wafer listens to his attorney Cheryl Carpenter while appearing at his preliminary examination before District Court Judge David Turfe in Dearborn Heights, Mich., Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013. The... (Associated Press) 
 
 Theodore Wafer, left, listens to his attorneys while appearing at his preliminary examination before District Court Judge David Turfe in Dearborn Heights, Mich., Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013. The hearing... (Associated Press) 
 
 Theodore Wafer appears at his preliminary examination before District Court Judge David Turfe in Dearborn Heights, Mich., Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013. The hearing will determine if there's enough evidence... (Associated Press) 
 
 Walter Ray Simmons, father of Renisha McBride, listens to testimony at Theodore Wafer's preliminary examination before District Court Judge David Turfe in Dearborn Heights, Mich., Wednesday, Dec. 18,... (Associated Press) 
 
 Theodore Wafer waits for his preliminary examination to begin before District Court Judge David Turfe in Dearborn Heights, Mich., Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013. The hearing will determine if there's enough... (Associated Press) 
 
 Carmen Beasley provided details about the hours preceding the death of Renisha McBride, 19, who was shot in the face by a 54-year-old homeowner in the dark, early morning of Nov. 2. 
 
 Dearborn Heights Judge David Turfe must determine if there's enough evidence to send Theodore Wafer to trial on a second-degree murder charge. Defense attorneys claim he feared for his life, but prosecutors say the shooting was not justified. More testimony is scheduled for Thursday. 
 
 Beasley said she heard a "boom" outside her Detroit home about 1 a.m. and discovered that her car had been smashed. She called 911, went outside and found McBride, who had walked away but returned to the scene. 
 
 McBride was bleeding and pressing her hands to her head, Beasley testified. 
 
 "She couldn't find her phone. She was patting her pockets. ... She just kept saying she wanted to get home," Beasley said. 
 
 Beasley went back into her house to call an ambulance, but McBride had walked away again by the time help arrived. 
 
 McBride was "discombobulated" and appeared to be in a "confused state of not knowing where she was and not being able to give a phone number or anything," said Beasley, who believed the young woman was drunk. 
 
 There was no testimony about where McBride went during the next few hours as rain fell and temperatures dipped to the 40s. But she somehow ended up blocks away on Wafer's porch in Dearborn Heights. Around 4:30 a.m., he called 911 to report that he had shot someone who was "banging on my door." 
 
 A photo of McBride's legs taken by police showed her left foot had broken through the sole of her boot. 
 
 Detective Sgt. Steve Gurka said Wafer's Mossberg shotgun was found inside near the front door with the spent shell still inside the firearm. A gun case was found on the floor in another area of the house. 
 
 Testifying for the defense, firearms expert David Balash said he believes the screen in the outer door was out of its frame before the shot was fired, a theory that suggests McBride may have knocked it out of place and raised Wafer's fears. Prosecutors disagree. 
 
 Dr. Kilak Kesha, who conducted the autopsy on McBride, testified that her blood-alcohol level was about 0.22, more than twice the legal limit for driving, but probably was even higher before she was shot because levels drop over time. He said she had been using marijuana. 
 
 During cross-examination, defense attorney Cheryl Carpenter focused on alcohol, drugs and a possible head injury from the car crash. 
 
 "Could a person get more aggressive after a brain injury?" she asked. 
 
 "That's possible," Kesha replied, later saying McBride "absolutely" could have been quiet and withdrawn while drunk. 
 
 In the courtroom, McBride's supporters wore shirts bearing her image and the message, "Don't shoot. Call 911." They wish Wafer had called police instead of shooting McBride from inside his home. 
 
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 Theodore Wafer is charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter ï¿½ death by weapon aimed with intent but without malice and felony firearm in the death of Renisha McBride, 19. 
 
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– A judge today bound Theodore Wafer over for trial on second-degree murder and manslaughter charges for killing an unarmed teenager. The ruling came after a two-day hearing to determine whether there was sufficient evidence to charge Wafer, the Detroit News explains. The 54-year-old Michigan man doesn't deny that he shot 19-year-old Renisha McBride in the face when she came to his door for help after a car accident, but his attorneys argued that there was no evidence he'd intended to kill her. Judge David Turfe disagreed. "He could have not answered the door," he said. "He had other options." He also pointed out that testimony from neighbors indicated that McBride wasn't combative. "She couldn't find her phone. She was patting her pockets. … She just kept saying she wanted to get home," one witness said, according to the AP. Prosecutors also pointed out that Wafer had to take his shotgun out of its case, load it, and rack it, before answering the door, the Detroit Free Press reports.