On Saturday, a Florida jury convicted Michael Dunn on several counts
of attempted murder for firing ten rounds into a vehicle full of teens
after a dispute over loud music, but they deadlocked
on the question of whether Dunn was guilty of first degree murder for
killing 17-year-old Jordan Davis. In the first interview since the
shooting, one of the jurors told ABC News Wednesday
that the reason for the deadlock was because several jurors believed
Dunn was “justified” in shooting Davis under Florida’s self-defense
laws.
“We took a poll,” said Juror #4, who identified herself by her first
name, Valerie. “There were two of us undecided, two for ‘was justified’
and the rest were ‘not justified’.”
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