--- title: Florida Man Found Guilty in Death of 17-Year-Old Jordan Davis description: A Florida man was convicted of first-degree murder Wednesday in the 2012 death of 17-year-old Jordan Davis canonical: https://time.com/3453618/jordan-davis-michael-dunn-murder/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-01T20:24:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T10:31:48.301Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Florida Man Found Guilty in Death of 17-Year-Old Jordan Davis og:description: A Florida man was convicted of first-degree murder Wednesday in the 2012 death of 17-year-old Jordan Davis og:url: https://time.com/3453618/jordan-davis-michael-dunn-murder/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta6512236728f9e0a/6986a6711eebf73322372fb0/michael-dunn.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Defendant Michael Dunn walks back into the courtroom after a short afternoon break during his trial in the Duval County Courthouse in Jacksonville, Fla. on Sept. 27, 2014. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Florida Man Found Guilty in Death of 17-Year-Old Jordan Davis twitter:description: A Florida man was convicted of first-degree murder Wednesday in the 2012 death of 17-year-old Jordan Davis twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta6512236728f9e0a/6986a6711eebf73322372fb0/michael-dunn.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Florida Man Guilty of Murdering Teen in Fight Over Loud Music by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Oct 1, 2014 8:24 PM CUT  Defendant Michael Dunn walks back into the courtroom after a short afternoon break during his trial in the Duval County Courthouse in Jacksonville, Fla. on Sept. 27, 2014. Defendant Michael Dunn walks back into the courtroom after a short afternoon break during his trial in the Duval County Courthouse in Jacksonville, Fla. on Sept. 27, 2014.Bob Mack—AP by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Oct 1, 2014 8:24 PM CUT A Florida man was convicted of [first-degree murder](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB8QqQIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2014%2F10%2F01%2Fjustice%2Fmichael-dunn-loud-music-verdict%2Findex.html&ei=PWIsVOnfNoeeyQSmqoCQCw&usg=AFQjCNFLOS-R8CO6NkuGFymnIF%5Fa6r-PCg&sig2=xLTvWIbQaRTFFMnVCmfENg&bvm=bv.76477589,d.aWw "undefined") Wednesday in the 2012 death of 17-year-old Jordan Davis, who the man shot and killed following an argument over loud music. Michael Dunn, 47, had previously been found guilty on four counts in Davis’ murder, including [attempted second-degree murder](http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/22/us/florida-loud-music-trial/ "undefined"), during his trial this past February. His original jury, however, was unable to come to a decision on the first-degree-murder charge. The Florida jury finally reached a verdict of guilty after several hours of deliberations Wednesday following a retrial. Dunn, who could now face life in prison, showed no emotion when his verdict was read, according to local [news](http://www.firstcoastnews.com/story/news/local/michael-dunn-trial/2014/02/06/michael-dunn-trial-live-video/5262617/ "undefined") [reports](http://www.news4jax.com/news/deliberations-to-begin-in-michael-dunn-retrial/28348700 "undefined"). During his trials, Dunn argued he shot Davis out of self-defense, claiming he saw the teen flash a weapon before opening fire. CNN [reports](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB8QqQIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2014%2F10%2F01%2Fjustice%2Fmichael-dunn-loud-music-verdict%2Findex.html&ei=PWIsVOnfNoeeyQSmqoCQCw&usg=AFQjCNFLOS-R8CO6NkuGFymnIF%5Fa6r-PCg&sig2=xLTvWIbQaRTFFMnVCmfENg&bvm=bv.76477589,d.aWw "undefined") detectives did not find a weapon matching Dunn’s description on Davis’ body or in his car. \[[_CNN_](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB8QqQIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2014%2F10%2F01%2Fjustice%2Fmichael-dunn-loud-music-verdict%2Findex.html&ei=PWIsVOnfNoeeyQSmqoCQCw&usg=AFQjCNFLOS-R8CO6NkuGFymnIF%5Fa6r-PCg&sig2=xLTvWIbQaRTFFMnVCmfENg&bvm=bv.76477589,d.aWw "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3453618/jordan-davis-michael-dunn-murder/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3453618/jordan-davis-michael-dunn-murder/"},"headline":"Florida Man Guilty of Murdering Teen in Fight Over Loud Music","datePublished":"2014-10-01T20:24:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:31:48.301Z","description":"Dunn was already likely to spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of attempted murder, but could now be sentenced to life without parole","url":"https://time.com/3453618/jordan-davis-michael-dunn-murder/","keywords":["Crime","Florida","justice"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta6512236728f9e0a/6986a6711eebf73322372fb0/michael-dunn.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta6512236728f9e0a/6986a6711eebf73322372fb0/michael-dunn.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Defendant Michael Dunn walks back into the courtroom after a short afternoon break during his trial in the Duval County Courthouse in Jacksonville, Fla. on Sept. 27, 2014.","caption":"Defendant Michael Dunn walks back into the courtroom after a short afternoon break during his trial in the Duval County Courthouse in Jacksonville, Fla. on Sept. 27, 2014.","creditText":"Bob Mack—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3453618/jordan-davis-michael-dunn-murder/","name":"Florida Man Guilty of Murdering Teen in Fight Over Loud Music"}}]}] ```