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On April 12th a white man in Rochester Hills, Mich fired a shotgun from his porch at 14-year-old Brennan Walker who knocked on his front door because he got lost on his way to school. Jeffrey Zeigler, 53, was sentenced Tuesday to 4 to 10 years in prison NBC News reported.

Zeigler sentenced to two to 10 years for one count of assault with intent to do great bodily harm and two years for one count of felony firearm. The sentences will be consecutive, simply meaning Zeigler will serve at least two years for the assault count and another two years for the firearm count.

The incident was captured on Zeigler’s home surveillance video as the teen ran down the street. Walker told police he missed the school bus that day and got lost as he was walking to school.

“I knocked on the door, stepped back, knocked, stepped back, and then a lady came downstairs yelling at me,” he told NBC-affiliate WDIV in April.

Walker stated Zeigler’s wife called the police saying “a black male was trying to break into her house.”

Ziegler proceeded to grab his shotgun and chased after Walker, firing one round as the teen fled.

“I was running away … I was trying to run away faster and I heard a gunshot,” Walker said.

Walker was left uninjured, however, his mother Lisa Wright says her son is now in therapy. “This will affect my son forever,” Wright said.

Jeffrey Zeigler apologized to for shooting at Walker, “I have full remorse and regret and I wish I could change something, but we can’t go back in time.”

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