But no weapon was found at the scene and Rouer said the Durango had already fled when she looked outside. 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. They didn't stop on the two hour drive home. Rouer and Dunn pulled up to the Gate gas station on Baymeadows Road, next to a red Dodge Durango. Dunn is accused of fatally shooting 17-year-old Jordan Davis at a Southside Gate gas station during a confrontation over loud music on Nov. 23, 2012. Court will not be in session on Sunday and will resume Monday at 9 a.m.Watch continuinglive gavel-to-gavel coverage on ActionNewsJax.com. The murder trial of the Brevard County man accused of killing a teenager over loud music continues in Jacksonville on Monday. Read Dunns Jail Letters Here (you are here), Watch Full Michael Dunn Pre-Arrest Interview by Detectives, Watch what Michael Dunns neighbor had to say about him (very negative), Evidence Locker: State of Florida & Jordan Davis versus Michael Dunn, Review over 400 photos of the physical evidence for yourself (may download slow), Watch portions of Trial and read more about the case, Jordan Davis: Download Jet and Rolling Stone Magazine Articles, Michael Dunn on Myspace: Learn More About Jordan Daviss Killer. The former medical examiner who performed the autopsy on Mr. Davis also testified Monday that it was unlikely Mr. Davis was standing when he was shot. The derogatory comments came in aFolio Weekly interviewwith an excused potential juror. He lives in East Arlington and has been in Duval for 33 years. A 400-pound white schoolteacher who was sitting by me really hated [Coreys] humor, and made the joke that she would have a hard time proving to a court that I am fat; there would still be reasonable doubt.. Her priority at the moment is to start a family and she said that she does not want to make promises when she does not know how she's going to feel in the future. Tears streamed down Rhonda Rouer's face and her voice shook as she recounted before jurors for a second time the day Michael Dunn shot a Jacksonville teen. Rhema Thompson began her post at WJCT on a very cold day in January 2014 and left WJCT to join the team at The Florida Times Union in December 2014. Brian told Rhonda what he did on the way back to their hotel after the shoot occurred, and she was inside the store buying liquor when the shooting took place, so she had no idea what he did until their return. He made a misogynistic joke about now having a judge with balls and compares his case to Zimmermans. She also said that Mr. Dunn never called their neighbor to say he wanted to discuss something important. WWE News: Ronda Rousey reveals why UFC match was bigger than WrestleMania. Rouer recalled Dunn's first words to her. "[10][11], The bass from the loud music playing in the teens' SUV annoyed Dunn, who asked for it to be turned down. "But Im just saying, you never know, I dont want to make any promises about the future when I dont know how Im gonna feel in the future," said the former WWE RAW Women's champion. Beforehand, the judge cautioned the court that if individuals felt they could not view these photos without outburst, they should leave the courtroom. China's Xi heralds 'unbreakable' friendship with Belarus, an ally of Russia, Nissan recalls over 800K SUVs because a key defect can cut off the engine, Chicago voters resoundingly rejected Mayor Lori Lightfoot's reelection bid, China is buying more U.S. farmland, and some say that's a national security threat, Chinese officials monitor House panel hearing on U.S. economic competition with China, Sequential hurricanes are becoming more common because of climate changes. Healey said he was concerned about protecting the identity of the juror. Stornes left his red Dodge Durango SUV running while he went into the store. It was life or death.. Kuritz says he's seen letters like this one before and believes it can be used against Dunn at trial. "He's clearly reiterating there was a weapon there, there was a weapon there.". [9][12] The front seat passenger, Tevin Thompson, initially complied and turned the volume down, but Jordan Davis requested the volume be turned back up. He compares himself to My Cousin Vinnie and how he has a foolproof case. The state questioned the accuracy of the diagrams, which showed the Jetta at a slight angle and too much room between the vehicles. The justices did not explain their reasons behind the refusal. The deputy said he armed himself with an AR-15 rifle and his sidearm to make the arrest, saying it part of the department's tactics when there is a "high-risk" arrest warrant involved. When Daviss fianc returned from the store where she had bought wine, Dunn sped away, leaving three boys with their dying friend. The trio said there was never a gun in the car. The documentary won the U.S. Homicide detective M.A. Filmmaker Silver (Who Is Dayani Cristal?) Prosecutors will call two more witnesses and then rest their case. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. At times teary, his feet shackled, Michael Dunn, the man accused of fatally shooting a black teenager in November 2012 during an argument over loud music, took the witness stand on Tuesday and told the jury he pulled the trigger repeatedly only to save his own life. Healey told Knox not to mention anything from the previous trial while testifying.During his testimony, Knox brought forth his opinion that Davis' window, the rear passenger window, was rolled at least partially down. Dunn testified that on the drive home he called a neighbor who works in law enforcement to arrange to speak to him about the shooting, but phone records indicate that the neighbor actually called him, and Rouer testified that the shooting was never mentioned during the call. But Mr. Dunn struggled to preserve his credibility on Tuesday after his distraught fiance took the stand and, her eyes welling with tears, contradicted some major points of his testimony. He lays it on pretty thick and sings George Michaels Faith over and over. Dunns attorneys contend 17-year-old Davis was the aggressor, saying the teenagers had a gun in the SUV that night in 2012 at a Southside gas station, but a gun was never recovered from the scene. A fourth teenager, the driver, has a third-degree felony conviction. On the way back to their hotel, the two decided to stop at the Gate Petroleum . Rhonda Rouer took the stand and started trembling and sobbing as she began to get into what happened on the night of the shooting. The day began with early morning controversy over disparaging remarks reportedly made by a juror about State Attorney Angela Corey. Check here, Be the first one to comment on this story. During an attorney sidebar, defense attorney Waffa Hanania told Healey she had given Knox transcripts of Dunn's previous trial for his own knowledge. Mr. Dunn, 47, is charged in the first-degree murder of Mr. Davis and three counts of attempted murder, one for each of the other teenagers who were in the red sport utility vehicle that Mr. Dunn shot at. [11][13], Shortly after Davis's death, his parents, Ron Davis and Lucy McBath, and some of the other vehicle occupants, filed civil complaints against Dunn. [9], Rouer returned to Dunn's car. Musser was one of the lead detectives who ended up going to Brevard County to interview Dunn after he was arrested. She is a key witness in her boyfriends Michael Dunn- murder trial. Dunn and his fiance Rhonda Rouer traveled from their home in Brevard County to attend Dunn's son's wedding in Orange Park, near Jacksonville, Florida. Dramatic Testimony in Florida Stand Your Ground Trial Michael Dunn's fiance Rhonda Rouer takes the stand as a witness for the prosecution. We hear from Jordans three friends in the car, cautiously precise in their answers. The trial will resume Monday. They didn't call 911, and didn't know Davis had died until the next morning when Dunn was arrested. The state called 27 witnesses in the trial, including the young men in the SUV with Jordan Davis and Dunn's then-fiance Rhonda Rouer, who was also there. He wanted to entice the mayors office to worry about Jacksonvilles PR. The couple drove back to their hotel, ordered a pizza and Dunn made them some alcoholic drinks. Rhonda's boyfriend is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of Jordan Davis, 17, at a Jacksonville, Fla. convenience store in November 2012. At one point, the juror--described as a 400-pound white school teacher--reportedly stated that Corey would have a hard time proving to a court that I am fat; there would still be reasonable doubt.. The deputy testified Dunn did just that, went to his knees as ordered where deputies placed him in handcuffs. Rouer told the jury that her boyfriend had maybe three or four rum and sodas at his sons 2012 wedding, prior to pulling into the parking lot of a Jacksonville, Fla., gas station beside a red Dodge Durango, which was blaring loud music, according to online reports. The two went back to their hotel, Rouer said, where Dunn ordered a pizza. As the SUV backed up to evade his gunshots, Dunn opened his own door and continued firing at the car in shooter's stance, as the boys ducked for cover. The defendants words were also eroded by prosecutors who said the version of events Mr. Dunn gave jurors was different from what he told the police and wrote in a series of jailhouse letters to relatives. She is the mother on one son, Brandon Rouer. [36], Following the trial, Dunn's attorney filed for appeal with the First District Court of Appeal for the State of Florida. He's not a racist. Zimmerman's acquittal happened in the summer of 2013, between Dunn's first trial, which ended in a partial verdict, and his second trial in the fall, when the jury convicted him of first degree murder. The film debates the question: "Is it possible to be both pro-gun and pro-life?" Follow Rhema Thompson on Twitter@RhemaThompson. They pulled by a red SUV blasting rap music, she said. Then, I heard another pop,pop,pop.". The jail is chock-full of blacks and they all appear to be thugs. He descried the incident and said, Ive never had to deal with people like this- ever. He ends it saying he is plotting (his) own revenge against the system for all the civil rights violations.. Juror #4, previously known as Juror #32 is a white, married man with a 10-year-old child. Yeah, when I took the table and threw it I felt like I had to do something with my hands when I hit them against the table I came in a little hot. In one of his calls to Rouer, Dunn explained his reason for leaving the gas station after the shooting. He wrote, "I finished a novel I had been reading. Now I'm back to reading the Bible and playing solitaire.". She looked outside and saw Dunn leaning out of his window. . [6], Tommie Stornes, Leland Brunson, Jordan Davis, and Tevin Thompson had been spending the day traveling to various malls when they decided to go to the Gate Petroleum gas station in order to buy gum and cigarettes. He makes a joke to his grandmother about women being interested in his fiance, and then told his grandmother he could fall into a pile of shit and step out smelling like a rose. About the case, he discusses the misinformation and outright lies being reported by the media. Despite saying he doesnt use the word thug, on page 6 he uses it to his own grandmother and specifically calls the surviving boys, thugs.. The incident started after an argument over loud music. The. "When she was first interviewed, when you would expect someone to tell the truth when their memory is freshest she never mentioned a firearm," said former prosecutor Richard Kuritz. "Don't worry, I was hoping for a little fun time as well." "Oh, you!" Arnold rolled his eyes, before smirking as he playfully used his hand to push her away. Action News Jax facebook feed(Opens a new window), Action News Jax twitter feed(Opens a new window), Action News Jax youtube feed(Opens a new window), Related: Jordan's Friends Take Stand in Day 2, live gavel-to-gavel coverage on ActionNewsJax.com, Florida Senator proposes bill to cancel Democratic Party in state, Bartram Trail High School girls lacrosse player denied NIL opportunity, FHP: Man dies after FDOT Road Ranger rear-ends truck, pushes him over edge of Buckman Bridge, PCSO: No charges in case of mail carrier mauled by 5 dogs, Its a monumental win: Newly approved legislation increases required age to work in strip clubs. This contradicted the claim that Mr. Davis was out of the Durango. When Rouer woke up the next morning, she saw reports on TV about the gas-station shooting. Rhonda Rouer was enjoying herself on the day after Thanksgiving in 2012 when she accompanied her fiance to his son's wedding. He wanted his family to give Cory direction. He wanted a Stand Your Ground hearing and a ton of experts, including an expert on the thug sub-culture. He also wanted a more active roll in the press, including mentioning how unreliable the 3 thugs in SUV are. Circuit Judge Russell Healey and attorneys on both sides spent more than an hour discussing and questioning the juror, mentioned in a Folio Weekly column published Friday. Outside the courtroom,the filmmakerinterviews Jordans grieving, thoughtfulparents, Ron Davis and Lucy McBath - the latter of whom subsequently became a Congresswoman in Newt Gingrichs old Georgia district, running on a gun control ticket. [39], Dunn's former neighbor, Charles Hendrix, said he was not surprised by his behavior. Nobody did fire back, did they? Mr. The film refutes any assumptions that crime and racism are the burdens of the poor and disenfranchised: Both Dunn and the boys in the car were comfortable and middle-class. February 10, 2014 Dunn's girlfriend Rhonda Rouer was with Dunn the night he allegedly shot 17-year-old Jordan Davis, at a Jacksonville gas station after an argument over loud music. Later, Simons demonstrated on "Bendy," an anatomical figure, the position that Davis was in when he was shot. She gave emotional testimony, just as she did in the first trial. [41] Hendrix spoke of a previous discussion where Dunn asked him if he knew anyone who would "take care of" someone who infuriated him in an unrelated incident, and Hendrix interpreted further discussion as Dunn wanting to send a hit on this person. PublishedSeptember 27, 2014 at 12:36 PM EDT. He is now serving life in prison without parole. The cases were settled for an undisclosed amount in January 2014. While Smith was not selected for the trial, he cites comments from another juror who did make the panel. Davis' father Ron remained in the courtroom while Davis' mother Lucia McBath left the courtroom.Simons also showed the jury where on Davis' clothing that emergency personnel cut the clothing to perform lifesaving measures, and where on the clothing that gunshots passed through. At the counter, she testified she heard three pops. In the last trial, Rouer testified that he initially didnt make any mention of a weapon to her. Dunn has also pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempted murder for firing at three of Davis friends. He talks about a civil suit against the State and others, although he was finally talked out of suing Jordans family. According to online records, the couple wedded May 22, 1989 in Indian River, Florida. This, according to Rhonda Rouer's testimony, is what her fiance, Michael Dunn, said when they pulled into a Jacksonville gas station next to an SUV full of black kids who had the stereo up high . He wants this person to make comments on social media on his behalf. She also said Dunn mixed both of them another rum and soda adding his fifth from his earlier at his sons wedding in the hotel room. Those friends, Leland Brunson, Tommie Stornes and Tevin Thompson, all testified Friday that Davis cursed at Dunn when he asked them to turn the music down, but didn't threaten him. The Violent Heart, Kerem Sanga, Young Adult melodrama, Murder mystery, Lukas Haas, Mary J. Blige, Jovan Adepo, Grace Van Patten, Jordan Preston Carter, Rayven Symone Ferrell, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Nomadland, Frances McDormand, Characters on the fringe of society, Homeless on wheels, Linda May, Bob Wells, David Strathairn, Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First CenturybyJessica Bruder, Chlo Zhao, The Rider, Terrence Malick, Kelly Reichardt, Joshua James Richards, Ludovico Einaudi, Richard Linklater, Boyhood, Derek Chauvin, the gruesome death of George Floyd, police killing of a third African-American teen, Michael Brown. He ordered her in the car and the two sped away, heading to their hotel. They were represented by John Michael Phillips in wrongful death and defamation lawsuits against Dunn. However, Healey later said the juror claimed he did not make the remarks as Smith claimed. Guy asked Mr. Dunn. She said Dunn told her, "I hate that thug music." The documentary, directed by Marc Silver, explores the shooting, the trial, and Florida's Stand Your Ground laws. This station is part of Cox Media Group Television. The films title indicates the brevity of the interaction from around 7:30 to 7:33 on a Friday evening and the estimated number of bullets fired. [15], After the shooting, Stornes drove the SUV away to a nearby parking lot and stopped to find Davis "gasping for air". [21] Contrary to Dunn's claim that he mentioned a weapon to Rouer, she testified that he never mentioned a gun either that night or the next day. Amidst dailyreports about the trial of policeman Derek Chauvin, the gruesome death of George Floyd, and this weeks police shooting of Daunte Wright in Minnesota, it may seem perverse to revisit a different racially-charged trial from 2015. Dunn recounts a new version of the facts where he now as added a threat, this shit is going down now to be circulated to his family and asks his brother to include that. The shooting, which unfolded in this northern Florida city, has drawn attention once again to the states expansive self-defense laws that allow people who say they feel threatened to use lethal force to protect themselves. She testified that despite having prior plans she demanded that Dunn take her home right away. [57], Last edited on 22 February 2023, at 01:33, First District Court of Appeal for the State of Florida, "Dunn jury hears from former fiancee, juror dismissed", "Michael Dunn, Jordan Davis, and America's Racist Heritage", "Black Teen's Shooter Rants About Killing 'Thugs' So They 'May Take the Hint and Change Their Behavior', https://efactssc-public.flcourts.org/casedocuments/2019/2063/2019-2063_notice_88213_notice2ddiscretionary20juris2028direct20conflict29.pdf, "Did Jordan Davis have weapon? Dunn doubts he would have even been arrested in any other County, discusses his plans to sue the pants off of the State once trial is over. Before jurors were brought back into the courtroom after the lunch break, the defense presented diagrams showing the Durango parked next to Dunn's vehicle, a Volkswagen Jetta. In the morning, Rouer saw a news report about a shooting at a Jacksonville gas station, in which a 17-year-old had been killed, and rather than call police, the couple packed their bags and drove. It was probably as simple as - 'He threatened to kill me' and left it at that.". She claims that Dunn told her to get in the car. Rouer testified Saturday that she and Dunn, who reside in Satellite Beach, Fla., were in Jacksonville that day to attend the wedding of Dunns son in Orange Park. Police presence at Arlington Manor area complex after reported shooting, Police: One person detained in College Park area, Local Weather: Day 9 of 80-plus degree afternoons; much-needed rain by late Friday into Saturday, Viewing Venus under a telescope in our night sky. After Knox took the stand, four character witnesses testified for the defense. He describes his location as thugville. Reverse discrimination is rampant here and hes never been exposed to thugs like they have here. Rhonda testified when she turned around she saw Dunn outside the vehicle, and she then exited the store. Dunn, who had a concealed weapons permit,[8] took a handgun out of his glove compartment and started firing at Davis' door, hitting him in the legs, lungs, and aorta. Defense lawyers pressed Musser about his failure to search the adjacent parking lot at the Gate the night of the shooting, and also asked him why the interviews with Davis' three friends the night of the shooting weren't videotaped. [55] The film distribution was sold to HBO. Rhonda Rouer, Michael Dunn's now-ex-fiancee, testifies in his murder retrial. . Former Florida state attorney Angela Corey stated that her office would seek a retrial for this charge. One of those men, 17-year-old Jordan Davis, died that night - a fact Rouer didn't learn about until the next morning. Around 7:30p.m., four teenage boys (Leland Brunson, Jordan Davis, Tommie Stornes, and Tevin Thompson) stopped at a Gate Petroleum gas station. [7], The shooting of Jordan Davis took place in Jacksonville in Duval County. He makes an off color sex change joke and then talks about Charlie (his dog). Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Phillip Miranda took the stand next to discuss about shell casings. Despite claiming he doesnt use the word thug, he calls Ron Davis the daddy of the thug. He also talks about the Bible and then brings up the 3 thugs in the SUV and calls it a rotten culture. He wants white jurors as hed rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6.. Defense lawyers have argued that Davis may have had a gun that night, and his three friends disposed of it after the shooting when they briefly fled from the Gate into the nearby parking lot. [38], On June 22, 2020, the Florida Supreme Court rejected Dunn's appeal and refused to take the case. She revealed in a video with her husband Travis Browne, how she got injured: "I did break my pinkie knuckle. Healey eventually agreed to have the transcripts emailed to Gabel for review. First Coast News has successfully fought for your access to these documents and we'll bring you more exclusive content on Thursday night at 8 p.m. during our special, Michael Dunn, fatal encounter. Neither parent could have predicted what happened to Jordan the next day, or that it would spark one of the more galvanizing criminal trials in recent memory. Early Saturday morning, Judge Russell Healey excused juror #4 because of a comment made by the juror that got published in Folio Weekly in an article titled, "An Interview with a Dunn Jury reject.". His threats and actions left no doubt in my mind that it was firearm. [48] She defeated incumbent Karen Handel, winning 160,139 votes (50.5%) to Handel's 156,875 (49.5%). Distraught and quivering, Ms. Rouer said on the stand that Mr. Dunn never told her that night or the next day that one of the teenagers was armed. It looked like a firearm and he treated it like a firearm.. He discusses how he wants to find a slimy civil law lawyer and sue the county for reverse discrimination. Almost two years later, a distinctly unhappy Rouer recounted a day that started happily and ended with her now former fiance fleeing a Southside Gate gas station at high speed after he fired 10 shots into a Dodge Durango that contained four black men. They are still communicating in his code language. He then tries to enforce a version of what happened upon her (which is blacked out). The two remained there until the following morning, when they left for Brevard County at Rouers prodding, she testified. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); I was worried about the blind firing situation, where they would shoot over their heads, whatever, and hit me, or hit me and Rhonda.. He talks about blacks and says, if more people would arm themselves and kill these fucking idiots when theyre threatening you, eventually they may take the hint and change their behavior. Further, he says, eventually, we as a society will wake up and realize that we need to arm ourselves, as the government welfare programs have produced a culture of entitlement for a certain segment of our society. And, remember when your mom was robbed? On the way back to their hotel, the two decided to stop at the Gate Petroleum gas station to purchase a bottle of wine. [17][18], After his arrest, Dunn claimed that Davis threatened him with a "gun or a stick". 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