Suburban Detroit man Theodore Wafer was sentenced Tuesday to serve a minimum of 17 years in prison for the killing of 19-year-old Renisha McBride.
On Nov. 2, 2013, the 55-year-old Wafer fatally shot McBride, who was unarmed, with a shotgun after he awoke to her banging on the front door of his Dearborn Heights, Michigan, home.
On Aug. 7, Wafer was found guilty of second-degree murder, manslaughter, and weapons charges.
JUST IN: Theodore Wafer has been sentenced to a minimum of 17 years in prison for murdering Renisha McBride: http://t.co/gy0O5oyQrh
wafer got 2 yrs mandatory on weapon conviction and 15-30 on second murder and 7-15 yrs on the manslaughter. he'll serve at least 17 yrs
Attorney for McBride's family Jerry Thurswell to BuzzFeed on Wednesday they are "very pleased, [Wafer] can not get out of prison for at least 17 years. [The family] believes justice was done."
Renisha McBride dad says Wafer "got what he deserved"
WAFER: "I apologize from the bottom of my heart...I can only hope and pray someday you can forgive me. -@FOX2Erika
Theodore Wafer is led out of the courtroom after being found guilty in the killing of Renisha McBride on Aug. 7 in Detroit:
Judge said she believe #TedWafer "acted out of some fear, but mainly out of anger and panic" #RenishaMcBride
Wafer's attorney Cheryl Carpenter said during a news conference Wednesday that the minimum 17 years in prison for her client is a "death sentence."
Wafer atty Cheryl Carpenter doing news conference now says it's unfair that he got minimum 17 yrs in prison."It's a death sentence."
wafer atty says his demeanor after sentencing was "pure panic" like a "wild animal" who doesn't know what happened to him