Murder of Jordan Davis
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On November 23, 2012, Jordan Davis, a black 17-year-old high-school student, was murdered at a Gate Petroleum gas station in Jacksonville, Florida, by Michael David Dunn, a white 45-year-old software developer, following an argument over loud music played by Davis and his three friends, in what was believed to be a racially motivated shooting.
Murder of Jordan Davis | |
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Location | 8251 Southside Boulevard, Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. |
Coordinates | 30°13′8.3″N 81°33′4.1″W |
Date | November 23, 2012; 11 years ago (2012-11-23) 7:30 p.m. |
Attack type | Child murder by shooting, attempted murder |
Weapons | Taurus PT 99 AF[1] |
Victim | Jordan Russell Davis, aged 17 |
Perpetrator | Michael David Dunn |
Motive | Personal argument, anti-black racism[2][3] |
Verdict | Guilty on all counts |
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Sentence | Two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole[lower-alpha 1] |
Dunn was convicted on three counts of attempted second-degree murder for firing at three other teenagers who were with Davis and one count of firing into an occupied vehicle. The jury could not reach a verdict on whether to convict Dunn for the murder of Davis at the first trial. In a second trial, Dunn was found guilty of the first-degree murder of Davis and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole plus 105 years in prison.[4][5]
In 2021, the judges on the Florida Supreme Court rejected Dunn's appeal based on the stand-your-ground law in Florida.