Theodore Wafer sentenced to 15 - 30 years in prison for shooting teen on front lawn . Wafer said : ` ` I apologize from the bottom of my heart '' Judge : ` ` I do n't think that you could ever use the word ' murder ' to describe a murder '' Wafer , 55 , looked down , his lawyer patting him on the back , as Wayne County Circuit Judge Dana Hathaway sentenced him for second-degree murder in the November shooting death of Renisha McBride , 19 -- a racially charged case because the victim was black and Wafer is white . Prosecutors said McBride was seeking help after a car accident .
Theodore Wafer sentenced to 15 - 30 years in prison for shooting teen on front lawn . Wafer said : ` ` I apologize from the bottom of my heart '' Judge : ` ` I do n't think that you could ever use the word ' murder ' to describe a murder '' Prosecutors said McBride was seeking help after a car accident .