DETROIT — A suburban Detroit man on trial for killing an unarmed woman outside his home said Tuesday that her ''unbelievable'' predawn pounding on his doors made him fear for his life, sticking to his self-defense claim during cross-examination on the last day of testimony.
Prosecutor Athina Siringas asked Theodore Wafer a series of pointed questions, often in a skeptical tone. She poked at inconsistencies in statements he made to police and in court, and she mocked some of his responses.
''I wasn't looking for a confrontation. I was hoping to end a confrontation,'' Wafer said. ''You sure ended it, Mr. Wafer,'' replied Siringas, who moments earlier asked whether his strategy was to ''shoot first, ask questions later.''
Wafer, 55, is charged with second-degree murder in Renisha McBride's death.