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JACKSONVILLE, FL \u2014 Nineteen years ago, Ron Davis<\/b> and Lucia McBath <\/b>celebrated the birth of a son. Sunday, they should have celebrated Jordan Davis\u2019 <\/b>birthday with him. Instead, they faced the prospect of a new trial for the man accused of killing him.<\/p>\n
A jury in Jacksonville on Saturday found Michael Dunn<\/b> guilty of attempted second-degree murder for opening fire on three other teens in the same SUV as Jordan Davis<\/b> \u2014 but deadlocked on the murder charge against him in Davis\u2019 <\/b>death.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors had argued that Dunn<\/b> recklessly shot at the teens after complaining about the volume of their music in a convenience store parking lot. Three of his 10 shots struck Davis<\/b>, one of them cutting through his liver, a lung and his aorta. Dunn<\/b> testified that Davis <\/b>threatened him and that he thought he saw a gun sticking out of the Dodge Durango. But Ron Davis<\/b> said his son was a good kid and didn\u2019t deserve to be collateral damage in an argument over loud music. McBath<\/b> said she was happy for a little bit of closure.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s sad for Mr. Dunn<\/b> that he will live the rest of his life in that sense of torment, and I will pray for him,\u201d McBath<\/b> said. \u201cAnd I have asked my family to pray for him, but we are so grateful for the charges that have been brought against him. We are so grateful for the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n
And moments before prosecutor Angela Corey <\/b>said she would seek a new trial on the murder charge, McBath<\/b> said she and her ex-husband will continue to stand up for their son, who was 17 when he was killed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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