JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - After one day of deliberation, jurors indicated Wednesday that they had reached a verdict in the racially tinged retrial of Michael Dunn, the man charged in the 2012 fatal shooting of an unarmed teenager amid a dispute over loud rap music blaring from a car.
The verdict in the retrial will be announced as soon as prosecutors and defense lawyers take their seats in the courtroom. The jury could acquit Mr. Dunn or find him guilty of first-degree murder, the original charge, or of lesser charges, including second-degree murder or manslaughter.
This is the second time that Mr. Dunn, 47, a software developer who is claiming self-defense in the death of Jordan Davis, 17, is facing a jury. In February, a jury convicted Mr. Dunn of three counts of second-degree attempted murder - one for each of the surviving teenagers in the Dodge Durango - a crime for which he could receive a 60-year prison sentence.
But that jury could not unanimously agree whether Mr. Dunn, who is white, killed Mr. Davis, a black high school junior, in self-defense or in a fit of rage on Nov. 23, 2012. The mistrial prompted the county's top prosecutor to retry Mr. Dunn for first-degree murder.
Man Faces Second Trial in Killing of Florida Teenager Entities 0 Name: Dunn Count: 5 1 Name: Michael Dunn Count: 1 2 Name: Dodge Durango Count: 1 3 Name: Jordan Davis Count: 1 4 Name: Davis Count: 1 5 Name: Fla. Count: 1 6 Name: JACKSONVILLE Count: 1 Related 0 Url: http://ift.tt/1vym6JT Title: Jury Deliberates in Michael Dunn Loud-Music Killing Retrial - NBC News Description: Jury deliberations have begun in the first-degree murder retrial of a Florida man charged with shooting a teenager to death over loud music. Michael Dunn, 47, is accused of killing Jordan Davis, 17, in November 2012. He was convicted of three counts of attempted second-degree murder in February, but the jury in that trial deadlocked on the first-degree murder count.
