Shooter convicted

A white retired American firefighter has been convicted of assault for shooting at a black teenager who came to his suburban Detroit home to ask for directions. Jeffrey Zeigler was charged with attempted murder, but Oakland County jurors yesterday convicted him of the lesser assault charge and a gun crime. Brennan Walker, 14, told police he missed a school bus on April 12 and knocked on Zeigler’s door in Rochester Hills after getting lost. He ran away after seeing a man inside the house grab a gun. He also heard a gunshot, but wasn’t hurt. Zeigler, 53, testified that he woke up to his wife screaming, and she believed that someone was trying to break into their home. Home security video showed Zeigler raising a shotgun twice before firing towards Brennan.