A jury has declared that it could not reach
a decision on whether a Florida man, who shot dead a teenager in a
dispute over loud music, was guilty of murder or had acted in self
defence.
The judge in Jacksonville declared a mistrial on the first-degree
murder charge on Saturday, although the jury convicted Michael Dunn on
three lesser counts of second-degree murder, and shooting into an
occupied vehicle. Dunn could face a sentence of between 20 and 60
years. Dunn, 47, shot Jordan Davis, 17, during the altercation at a Jacksonville gas station in November 2012, sparked by the youth’s refusal to turn off the thumping music blaring from the vehicle he was in with a group of friends.
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