Florida music row shooter guilty of murder

Florida music row shooter guilty of murder

(BBC) A man who shot dead a teenager during a quarrel over loud music in Florida has been found guilty of first-degree murder in a retrial.

Prosecutors said Michael Dunn fired 10 times into the vehicle of Jordan Davis, 17, with intent to kill after losing his temper at a petrol station.

Dunn argued he was acting in self-defence but police did not find a gun in the car the teenager was in.

The jury reached its verdict after more than five hours of deliberation.

It was the second trial for Dunn after the first jury was deadlocked in February on a first-degree murder charge.

Dunn faces a mandatory life sentence after authorities opted not to seek the death penalty in the case.

On the evening of 23 November 2012, he and his fiancee parked at the petrol station in Jacksonville, Florida, after attending his son's wedding.

Davis and three other teenage boys, all African American, had stopped at the same place after visiting a shopping mall.

Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29452833


-- BBC 2014-10-02