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   Michael Dunn's girlfriend: 'I heard pop, pop, pop'   
      
   Fighting back tears and visibly shaking on the witness stand,   
   Rhonda Rouer testified Saturday in the Florida murder trial of   
   her boyfriend, Michael Dunn, and gave jurors her account of what   
   happened the night Jordan Davis was fatally shot.   
      
   Rouer told jurors that she had two rum and colas and Dunn had   
   “maybe three or four” at the 2012 wedding of Dunn's son prior to   
   pulling into the parking lot of a Jacksonville gas station   
   beside a red Dodge Durango blaring loud music.   
      
   “I hate that thug music,” Rouer testified Dunn told her. Rouer   
   replied “Yes, I know,” and then exited the vehicle.   
      
   Rouer went inside the gas station to get a bottle of wine and a   
   bag of potato chips. Moments later, Rouer told jurors, “I heard   
   pop, pop, pop.”   
      
   Rouer then said she heard a second set of “pop, pop, pop,” and   
   turned around and saw Dunn outside. After Rouer exited the   
   store, she told jurors Dunn told her to get in the vehicle.   
   When Rouer got back in the car, she testified seeing Dunn put a   
   gun back in the glovebox.   
      
   Rouer said they went back to the hotel, where Dunn ordered a   
   pizza. She testified Dunn ordered the pizza because he thought   
   it would make her feel better. She also said Dunn fixed a rum   
   and cola for both of them in the hotel room.   
      
   The next morning, Rouer woke up and saw reports on TV about the   
   shooting at the gas station. She testified that she told Dunn   
   that she wanted to go home right away, despite having prior   
   plans. They returned to his home where he was later arrested.   
      
   Dunn has admitted he gunned down Davis on November 23, 2012, in   
   a dispute over loud music, but claims the shooting was in self-   
   defense.   
      
   In an interview with police less than 24 hours after the   
   incident, Dunn said he wasn’t looking for trouble.   
      
   He told police he thought he saw the barrel of a shotgun or a   
   stick in the teens’ SUV and that’s why he acted in self-defense.   
      
   “I’ve never been so scared in my life,” he said in the police   
   interview.   
      
   Investigators have said they did not find a weapon inside the   
   teens' vehicle.   
      
   Rouer testified she wasn't concerned about Dunn's well-being or   
   being behind the wheel, despite drinking at the wedding.   
      
   Her testimony was the emotional highlight in the rare Saturday   
   court session. Earlier in the day, an evidence technician with   
   the local sheriff’s office testified there were nine bullet   
   holes in the vehicle where Davis was shot to death.   
      
   Det. Andrew Kipple testified there were three bullet holes in   
   the rear passenger side door where the 17-year-old was seated.   
   When asked by State Attorney Angela Corey whether Kipple found a   
   weapon inside the vehicle, he responded “No.”   
      
   Defense attorney Cory Strolla questioned Kipple about the way   
   the evidence was processed at the scene. Strolla also suggested   
   there may have been time for a weapon to be dumped.   
      
   Jurors also heard testimony Saturday from Det. Marc Musser, the   
   lead investigator in the case. Musser talked about interviewing   
   witnesses after the shooting and how the crime scene was handled.   
      
   Watch more: Why didn't 'loud music' shooter call 911?   
      
   Things became intense during cross-examination when Strolla   
   hammered Musser about why authorities didn’t search dumpsters or   
   bushes near the area until four days after the shooting. He also   
   questioned why Musser didn’t request recordings of surveillance   
   video when witnesses were brought inside the store.   
      
   The case has drawn national attention because of parallels with   
   the Trayvon Martin case. Martin and Davis were unarmed, young   
   black males shot dead during a dispute.   
      
   Martin, 17, was shot dead on February 26, 2012, in Sanford,   
   Florida. George Zimmerman was acquitted in his death.   
      
   Dunn has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and three   
   counts of attempted murder related to three teens -- Leland   
   Brunson, Tommie Stornes and Tevin Thompson -- also in the   
   vehicle with Davis.   
      
   Davis’ friends testified Friday they drove away from the gas   
   station to a nearby parking lot to check on Davis. The teens   
   said they later drove the vehicle back to the gas station so   
   they could get help. Bystanders pulled Davis out of the vehicle   
   and began CPR.   
      
   Acting Circuit Judge Russell Healey chose to hold court Saturday   
   at the request of the 12-person jury. Court will not be in   
   session on Sunday, but resume on Monday.   
      
   If convicted, Dunn faces up to life in prison.   
      
   http://www.hlntv.com/article/2014/02/08/michael-dunn-trial-   
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