The man who shot and killed a 19-year-old in Dearborn, Michigan on November 2 immediately called police afterwards to confess, according to audio obtained by the Detroit News.
The man, who still remains unidentified, told police that he had “just shot someone on his porch” — that someone being Renisha McBride, the teenager who crashed her car not far from his home and went knocking on his door to ask for help.
Here’s the description of the audio from a dispatcher:
“Just received a 911 call from a male (who) thinks he just shot someone on his porch,” the female dispatcher said at about 4:46 am. “Then he hung up; we’re trying to call back.”
About a minute later, the dispatcher radioed: “Units responding: We have the male on the line. (He) states he doesn’t know this person. Trying to get further (information).”
A responding officer told the dispatcher: “There’s somebody down on the porch … it appears it’s going to be a black female.”
Two minutes after the initial dispatch, an officer reported: “Rescue 10 is on scene.”
To listen to the complete audio, see below:
The Detroit Police Department also released a detailed timeline of the events that occurred on the night McBride was shot to death.
The crash occurred in a Detroit neighborhood a mile northwest of the Dearborn Heights home where McBride was killed.
According to information released by Detroit police, the accident occurred just before 1 a.m. Nov. 2, and Detroit’s emergency dispatch center received a 911 call around 12:57 a.m. saying a “female hit a parked car (and) the driver of the vehicle fled the location.”
In the initial call, there was no report of injuries.
When police arrived at the scene at 1:40 a.m., the driver, thought to be McBride by her family, was no longer there. EMS also was dispatched and did not find the driver at the scene. By 2:50 a.m., police remained at the scene writing a report on the incident and making preparations to have the car towed.
Detroit Police confirmed late Monday they received a 911 call from the single-car accident allegedly involving McBride.
What happened between the time of the crash and when McBride was shot remains unclear. But Southfield lawyer Gerald Thurswell, the attorney for McBride’s family, says he believes the young woman was dazed and confused after getting into the car accident.
“They believe she had a concussion,” Thurswell said Tuesday.
Wayne County Prosecutors are still reviewing whether to charge the 54-year-old man who shot and killed McBride after that car accident. Prosecutors are awaiting test results for the shotgun, cell phone records and toxicology on McBride.
We’ll keep you updated on the latest.
SOURCE: Detroit News, WXYZ | PHOTO CREDIT: Handout
