Michael Dunn has been found guilty of first-degree murder for the fatal shooting of a teenager in 2012.
Jordan Davis, 17, was shot and killed by Dunn, 47, over claims that Dunn feared for his life, with the teen’s loud music and threats allegedly prompting him to pull the trigger. According to Jacksonville’s First Coast News, a Florida jury on Wednesday found Dunn guilty of first-degree murder, taking only a fraction of the time to deliberate as Dunn’s first trial jury had done.
Now that Dunn is a convicted murderer, what punishment lies ahead?
Sentencing Still to Come
This is now the second time that Michael Dunn has stood trial for Davis’ death, but the first time that a jury has reached a verdict on his first-degree murder charge. As you may recall, the first trial ended in a mistrial because jurors could not come to a decision on whether Davis’ killing was first-degree murder; they were, however, able to convict Dunn on three counts of attempted second-degree murder for shooting at Davis’ friends.
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