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   A Florida jury was unable to reach a verdict in its first round   
   of deliberations today in the trial of a man accused of shooting   
   a teenager to death over loud music.   
      
   The seven women and five men, who will be sequestered until they   
   reach a verdict, deliberated for more than three hours and asked   
   to watch a surveillance video before stopping for the night.   
      
   Michael Dunn, 47, is charged with first degree murder for the   
   shooting death of Jordan Davis, 17, in a Jacksonville   
   convenience store parking lot on Nov. 23, 2012.   
      
   If convicted of first degree murder, Dunn could face life in   
   prison.   
      
   Before the jury began its deliberations, however, the judge told   
   them that they could consider lesser charges, including second   
   degree murder, manslaughter, justifiable homicide or excusable   
   homicide.   
      
   Prosecutors said in their closing arguments today that teenager   
   Jordan Davis "didn't stand a chance" when Michael Dunn, 47,   
   opened fire in a Jacksonville convenience store parking lot on   
   Nov. 23, 2012.   
      
   Dunn testified on Tuesday that he feared for his life and   
   thought Davis was going to kill him, prompting Dunn to pull out   
   his gun and fire nine times.   
      
   Assistant State Attorney Erin Wolfson told jurors that Dunn   
   "fired round after round after round" at Davis and his friends   
   as they sat in their car. She said Davis was inside the SUV when   
   he was killed. Dunn claims the teen exited the vehicle.   
      
   In his closing argument, Dunn's attorney Cory Strolla said that   
   his client had a right to "meet force with force." He said the   
   state has the burden to prove that Davis didn't brandish a gun   
   at Dunn, as Dunn has claimed.   
      
   If convicted of first-degree murder, Dunn could face life in   
   prison. The judge told the jury that they could also consider   
   the lesser crimes of second-degree murder or manslaughter.   
      
   Before the jury retired to deliberate, Wolfson showed them   
   photos of the bullet-riddled red SUV where she said Davis was   
   sitting in the back seat when he was fatally hit with three   
   bullets.   
      
   "It was target practice for this defendant," she said. "They had   
   nowhere to go, nowhere to hide."   
      
   It wasn't until later that evening that Dunn said he learned one   
   of the teens had died.   
      
   After the shooting, Dunn left the scene and returned to his   
   hotel room with his fiancee, Rhonda Rouer, where they ordered a   
   pizza and spent the night.   
      
   The video of Dunn's interrogation with investigators, taken on   
   Nov. 24, 2012, was played for the jury on Tuesday.   
      
   Dunn told police in the video that he was at the hotel, "sh---   
   ing bricks, waiting for another carload of thugs to come. I've   
   never been so scared in my life."   
      
   Dunn testified in his defense on Tuesday about the fateful stop   
   he and Rouer made at the convenience store on the way back to   
   their hotel from his son's wedding reception.   
      
   He parked next to a red SUV where Davis and his friends were   
   sitting and listening to music, while Rouer went inside to buy   
   white wine and chips.   
      
   "There was music and then it got really loud," Dunn said. "Body   
   panels on the SUV were rattling, [the] rearview mirror was   
   shaking, my ear drums were vibrating. ... This was ridiculously   
   loud music."   
      
   Dunn said he politely asked Davis and his friends to turn down   
   the music. One of Davis' friends lowered the volume, however   
   Dunn claimed the music was then turned back up. Dunn said he   
   heard a teen yelling over the thumping base.   
      
   "I hear, 'I should kill that motherf----r.' I'm flabbergasted. I   
   must not be hearing this right," Dunn said.   
      
   He said he rolled down his window and tried to calm down the   
   situation. At that point, Dunn said the teen in the backseat   
   reached down and pointed what he said appeared to be four inches   
   of the barrel of a gun at him.   
      
   Dunn said Davis then opened the car door and said, "You're dead,   
   b----."   
      
   "I thought he was coming to kill me. I thought he was coming to   
   beat me," Dunn said. He said he did not see what he believed to   
   be a shotgun anymore.   
      
   "What went through my mind is, 'This was a clear and present   
   danger,'" Dunn said. "I said, 'You're not going to kill me you   
   son of a b----."   
      
   At that point, Dunn, who had a concealed weapons permit,   
   retrieved his pistol from his glove box and fired. According to   
   a police affidavit, nine bullet holes were found on the SUV.   
      
   Dunn and his fiancee left their hotel the next morning and went   
   home to Brevard County where Dunn was arrested.   
      
   http://abcnews.go.com/US/jury-loud-music-murder-trial-end-day-   
   verdict/story?id=22480172&google_editors_picks=true   
      
       
      
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