welcome back to early start, everyone. the jury could get charged today in the case of a florida man who shot and killed a teenager after an argument over loud music. miking dunn took the stand tuesday telling a jury he fired in self-defense when he felt threatened. but prosecutors, they don t buy that story. and dunn s girlfriend may have given the most crucial testimony of the day. cnn s martin savidge has the latest from jacksonville. reporter: it s quite possible but this trial could be in the hands of the jury by the end of the day. meanwhile, many are still talking about michael dunn s testimony yesterday. he s maintaining self-defense. that s the reason he fired nine bullets into that suv with four teenagers inside of it klg 17-year-old jordan davis. on the witness stand he described how at a gas station jordan davis became more angry at him using racial and all kinds of profanity against him. at one point, appearing to reach for something inside of the suv.
over loud music. dunn had no good answer when asked why he never called police. and we were there looking out the windows, like a waking nightmare. every car was a red suv. i mean, to us. we thought we had just well, made them go away. and that they were going to come back. you didn t call the police? no, never did. you just called the police at the store, correct? i didn t call the police at all until the following morning. dunn s fiancee also couldn t back up dunn s testimony. he said he d seen a weapon. police in maryland have announced a new lead in a 39-year-old cold case. two sisters, sheila and kate lion, just 10 and 12 years old, vanished from a crowds shopping mall in 1975. tuesday, a 59-year-old former carnival operator was named a
and that s the point at which michael dunn said that he pulled out a gun and fired into the vehicle. and then after firing those shots, once his fiancee is back in his car, they drive off without calling police. on cross-examination, that s when the prosecution said look this really wasn t in self-defense, was it? they maintain this was actually michael dunn firing into that vehicle because a 17-year-old kid mouthed off against him. disrespected him. dunn said it was nothing about that. it was all about self-defense. the prosecution countered and said, how come you didn t tell your fiance that those teenager has a gun. dunn said he was pretty sure he did. then they said, why did you drive off? he felt threatened. besides, he didn t think he hit anybody. the next day when you knew you killed a teenager, why didn t you call police. dunn said he wasn t thinking
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