A 19-year-old Detroit woman shot and killed after knocking on a stranger's door was looking for help after a car crash, her family has said.
Renisha McBride's family also asked people and the media to respect their privacy until after her funeral, which was held on Friday at the House of Prayer and Praise Church in Detroit.
Family members said they held a closed-casket service.
"We couldn't get a chance to look at her for the last time," Krystal Byrd, Ms McBride's cousin, told The Detroit News. "We need justice."
The family released a statement calling for "peace and justice as we challenge the system to arrest and try the alleged assailant for this horrific act".
The stranger lives in a Dearborn Heights home. He said his shotgun accidentally discharged when he shot Ms McBride in the face on Sunday afternoon.
The man "believed the girl was breaking into the home. And he's also saying the gun discharged accidentally," Lieutenant James Serwatowski, chief detective, told the Detroit Free Press.
But the view has been disputed by the woman's family, who claimed she had been shot in the back and said the man did not immediately notify police.
"It's hard to believe it's an accident when a gun is in her face and the trigger is pulled," attorney Gerald Thurswell said of Ms McBride's death.
Police are looking for more information and said they would release a statement once the investigation is completed, saying the probe is moving swiftly.
McBride's crash took place several blocks away from the home.
Her death sparked a recent protest outside a Detroit police station, with relatives, friends and others in the community demanding justice.
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