Not About Music: White Man Charged with Murdering Unarmed Black Teen (17) in Florida - Shot 9 Times at Close Range while sitting in Backseat

Black Teen was Killed Because he was Black From [HERE] and [HERE] Less than nine months after Trayvon Martin was shot and killed in central Florida and six months after John Spooner killed Darius Simmons (13) [MORE], another black teenager was killed by a White man under suspicious circumstances.

Michael David Dunn, a 45-year-old vice president of Dunn & Dunn Data Systems in Vero Beach, was in Jacksonville this past weekend for his son’s wedding. The Orlando Sentinel details what happened on Friday when Dunn encountered Jordan Russell Davis, a student at Samuel W. Wolfson High:

Jordan Russell Davis, 17, and several other teenagers were sitting in a sport utility vehicle in the parking lot when Dunn pulled up next to them in a car and asked them to turn down their music, [Jacksonville sheriff's Lt. Rob] Schoonover said. Jordan and Dunn exchanged words, and Dunn pulled a gun and shot eight or nine times, striking Jordan twice, Schoonover said. Jordan was sitting in the back seat. No one else was hurt. Dunn’s attorney Monday said her client acted responsibly and in self-defense. She did not provide any factual basis for asserting a claim of self-defense or why he did not just drive away.

Schoonover also said that “there were words exchanged” between the two, and Dunn claims to have felt “threatened” before opening fire.

Fled the Scene 

Dunn's girlfriend, who was in the store buying wine at the time, returned to the car having heard a "popping" sound, and the two bolted from the scene. The unnamed woman told investigators Dunn admitted he "fired at these kids," but claims they were not aware someone had died until hearing it on the news. [MORE]. Apparently, he did not call the police to report the incident. 

According to his father Ron Davis, the teenager died in the arms of his friend in the car. Ron said his son was unarmed. Dunn was arrested at his home on Saturday and charged with murder and attempted murder. He is being held without bail. 

Davis’s funeral will take place on Saturday, Dec. 1 and his parents plan to create a foundation “for at risk students that suffer from tragedies, in his memory.”