The jury sees a video of a white man who welcomed a black teen lost with a shotgun

Detroit suburban jurors watched this week the home security video of a 53-year-old white man opening fire on a 14-year-old unarmed black boy who was lost with a shotgun.

The 8:20 shootout on April 12 did not hurt the teenage girl, Brennan Walker, but the Oakland County Sheriff's Office arrested Jeffrey Zeigler, of Rochester Hills, Michigan, under the Charges of assault with intent to murder and detention of a firearm in the commission. of a crime, according to the summary of the incident of the agency.

Zeigler is a retired firefighter from Detroit. His wife called the police that morning to announce "that a black man was trying to break into his house and that his husband had chased him into the yard," according to the sheriff's summary.

But Brennan said that he had simply missed a bus to get to school that morning and had decided to walk to the campus a few miles away. He recounted that he had been lost and that he had stopped at Zeigler to ask his way – but that a shirtless man with a shotgun l? met and instigated to run when a shot was fired.

"I knocked on the door, stepped back, then backed up, then a lady came downstairs screaming at me," the teenager told affiliate NBC News WDIV in Detroit in April. "She asked me," Why are you trying to break into my house? "and I told him I was just trying to get to Rochester High."

When an armed Zeigler emerged, Walker said, "I was running away … I was trying to run away faster and I heard a shot."

Oakland County Sheriff, Michael Bouchard, told the station that the attack was "totally unacceptable at all levels." I do not know how you could justify it, but it certainly does not succeed. not."

Zeigler said that he was innocent. "This story is not just about what it says and I think it will all be in court," said Zeigler during his appearance.

"I was in bed yesterday morning when my wife started screaming and crying," he added.

The case caused a stir in Oakland County, where Rochester Hills Mayor Bryan K. Barnett said in a spring statement that he was "personally disgusted by the early reports" and suggested a behavior totally unacceptable and incompatible with the character and values ​​of our community. "

Walker's mother, Lisa Wright, told WDIV that she thought the shooting was a "hate crime." "I want this to be pushed to the limit," she said of the prosecution.

After his arrest, Zeigler was released on bail of $ 50,000 and was forced to wear a tracking device.

Closing arguments were expected Friday.