Michigan Man Gets Four Years for Shooting at Black Teen Who Asked for Directions

A Michigan man who opened fire on a black teenager who came to his front door to ask for directions was sentenced Tuesday to four to 10 years in prison. Last spring, Jeffrey Zeigler, a retired firefighter who is white, burst out of his suburban Detroit home and fired a shotgun at Brennan Walker, a 14-year-old who had knocked on his door after missing his school bus and becoming lost. At trial, Zeigler said he woke up to his wife screaming and saying that someone was trying to break into their home, and claimed he slipped and accidentally fired the gun.