DETROIT —— A Michigan man has been
charged with shooting at a teenage boy who knocked on his door to ask for directions, authorities say.
Jeffrey Zeigler, 53, a retired Detroit firefighter, was arraigned Friday on charges of assault with intent to murder and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony, according to a release from the Oakland County Sheriff's Office.
Rochester High School freshman Brennan Walker, 14, told WXYZ-TV that he missed the bus Thursday and got lost while walking the 4 miles from his home to school. He knocked on the door of Zeigler's home in Rochester Hills to ask directions. Brennan said he was met by a woman yelling at him. She called her husband to the door, and he had a shotgun.
Walker’s statement to police differed from that given by Zeigler, according to assistant prosecutor Kelly Collins. “We do have the benefit of home security video,” Collins told the court Friday. He said Zeigler’s account was not borne out by the video.
“The victim in this matter, a 14-year-old child, indicated what had happened to the police and his version did bear out on that video,” he said.