Related: Florida Prosecutors Return Fire at Reeves
"Florida loud music killing trial coming to close" by Derek Kinner | Associated Press October 01, 2014
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Michael Dunn was shooting to kill, not defending himself, when he fired at 17-year-old Jordan Davis after the two had an argument over loud music outside a Jacksonville convenience store, prosecutors said during closing arguments Tuesday in the second trial in the case.
The arguments began after the 47-year-old Dunn took the witness stand in his own defense, saying he feared for his life when he opened fire in November 2012.
‘‘He wasn’t shooting at the tires. He wasn’t shooting at the windows. He was shooting to kill. Aiming at Jordan Davis,’’ prosecutor Erin Wolfson told jurors.
Jurors will hear instructions from the judge Wednesday morning, and then will begin deliberations.
Prosecutors say Dunn killed Davis, of Marietta, Ga., when he fired 10 times into an SUV carrying four teenagers.
Dunn was convicted of three counts of attempted second-degree murder in February and already faces at least 60 years in prison.
The jury in the first trial deadlocked on the first-degree murder count.
Dunn’s attorney, Waffa Hanania, told jurors that Dunn felt threatened, whether it was a real threat or not.
She said that he broke no laws and acted in self-defense.
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"Florida man convicted of murder in dispute over rap music" New York Times October 02, 2014
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Florida man was convicted Wednesday in the 2012 fatal shooting of an unarmed teenager amid a dispute about loud rap music blaring from a car.
Jurors in the racially tinged retrial deliberated for about five hours before finding Michael Dunn guilty of first-degree murder.
It was the second time that Dunn, 47, a software developer who claimed self-defense in the death of Jordan Davis, 17, faced a jury. In February, a jury convicted Dunn of three counts of second-degree attempted murder — one for each of the surviving teenagers in the Dodge Durango — a crime for which he could receive a 60-year prison sentence.
But that jury could not unanimously agree whether Dunn killed Davis in self-defense or in a fit of rage on Nov. 23, 2012. The mistrial prompted the county’s top prosecutor to retry Dunn for first-degree murder.
From the start, the case was infused with racial overtones. Dunn is white and the teenagers black.
With Davis’ death coming months after the killing of another unarmed black teenager, Trayvon Martin, the shooting brought renewed focus to Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” laws.
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"Police: Homeless man fatally stabs biker" | Press-Journal (Vero Beach, Fla.) September 04, 2014
VERO BEACH, Fla. — A graphic designer on a biking trip from Maryland to Miami was stabbed to death by a homeless man outside a Florida McDonald’s while he spoke on the phone with his girlfriend, authorities said.
Kevin Adorno, 28, of Unionville, Conn., stumbled into the restaurant Monday after the attack, witnesses said. He had been talking on the cellphone with his girlfriend, to whom he planned to propose at the end of the trip, Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers reported.
Adorno’s girlfriend told investigators she did not hear any sounds from a confrontation. But she did hear the phone drop, then silence, and eventually sirens in the background.
Patrons told police they saw the assailant run across the street. Police found Rene Herrera Cruz, 59, nearby and arrested him. He is charged with first-degree murder.
When Adorno stumbled into the restaurant, someone started administering aid while another called 911. Adorno was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. He had stab wounds to his chest and arm.
Police Chief David Currey said investigators found an engagement ring in Adorno’s backpack.
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