Theodore Wafer , 55 , is convicted of second-degree murder and manslaughter . He fired a fatal shotgun blast into the face of Renisha McBride , 19 , . The jury found him guilty on all counts in March after deliberating for less than two hours over three days at his trial last year. Facing off with prosecutor Athina Siringas during a two-hour cross examination , Wafer said he must have disengaged the safety inadvertently and that his finger hit the trigger as a `` total reflex reaction '' when a figure suddenly appeared from the side as he stood in the doorway . Wafer said he thought someone was breaking in : `` I was n't going to be a victim in my own house ''
Theodore Wafer , 55 , is convicted of second-degree murder and manslaughter . He fired a fatal shotgun blast into the face of Renisha McBride , 19 , . The jury found him guilty on all counts in March after deliberating for less than two hours over three days at his trial last year. Wafer said he thought someone was breaking in : `` I was n't going to be a victim in my own house ''