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COURTROOM IN FLORIDA AND SHE
BEGINS OUR COVERAGE "OUTFRONT."
>> OH, MY GOD, SOMEBODY IS
SHOOTING OUT OF THEIR CAR.
>> Reporter: SURVEILLANCE VIDEO
SHOWN IN COURT FROM THE NIGHT
JORDAN DAVIS WAS SHOT AND
KILLED.
POLICE SAY IT ALL STARTED WITH
AN ARGUMENT OVER LOUD MUSIC
BLASTING FROM A CAR PARKED AT A
JACKSONVILLE GAS STATION.
47-YEAR-OLD SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
MICHAEL DUNN, CHARGED WITH FIRST
DEGREE *** AND THREE COUNTS
OF ATTEMPTED ***, IS CLAIMING
SELF-DEFENSE.
DUNN TOLD POLICE DURING AN
INTERROGATION THAT HE ASKED
DAVIS AND THE OTHER TEENS IN THE
SUV PARKED NEXT TO HIM TO TURN
DOWN THE MUSIC.
HE SAID AT FIRST THEY COMPLIED,
THEN HE SAYS HE HEARD THREATS.
>> THE GUY THAT WAS IN THE BACK
HE WAS GETTING REALLY AGITATED.
AND MY WINDOW'S UP, I CAN'T HEAR
ANYTHING HE'S SAYING, BUT, YOU
KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF [ BLEEP ]
AND THAT [ BLEEP ] AND
[ BLEEP ], AND THEN THE MUSIC
COMES BACK ON.
>> Reporter: TWO SIDES IN COURT
TODAY TELLING VERY DIFFERENT
STORIES ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED ON
NOVEMBER 23rd, 2012.
>> AND THEY'LL TELL YOU ABOUT
THE INTERACTION BETWEEN JORDAN
DAVIS AND THE DEFENDANT, THAT
JORDAN DAVIS WAS UPSET, NO
DOUBT.
HE WAS CUSSING, NO DOUBT.
HE RAISED HIS VOICE.
BUT HE NEVER THREATENED THE
DEFENDANT.
HE -- YOU'RE DEAD [ BLEEP ].
THIS IS GOING DOWN NOW.
WITH A SHOTGUN BARREL STICKING
OUT OF THE WINDOW OR A LEAD
PIPE, WHATEVER IT WAS WAS A
DEADLY WEAPON --
>> Reporter: DUNN TOLD
INVESTIGATORS HE SAW A WEAPON
POINT ED HIM, FEARED FOR HIS
SAFETY, AND FIRED.
>> THE PERSON FIRING HAS LEFT.
>> Reporter: POLICE SAY THEY
NEVER FOUND A GUN IN THE TEENS'
DURANGO.
AT THE CRUX OF THE CASE, WHY
DIDN'T DUNN JUST DRIVE OFF?
>> HE JUST HAD SOMEBODY THREATEN
HIS LIFE, DISPLAY A WEAPON, TRY
TO EXIT A VEHICLE AND SAY THIS
[ BLEEP ] IS GOING DOWN NOW
[ BLEEP ].
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS
LIFE, HE HAS TO USE A FIREARM TO
DEFEND HIMSELF.
>> Reporter: ALL RIGHT, SO,
ERIN, ANOTHER KEY PART OF THE
CASE THAT THE JURY WILL BE
TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT IS THE
FACT THAT DUNN LEFT THE SCENE
AND NEVER CALLED POLICE.
DETECTIVES ACTUALLY CAUGHT UP
WITH HIM BECAUSE WITNESSES WERE
ABLE TO GET THE LICENSE PLATE
NUMBERS, AND THEN TRACK HIM DOWN
TO HIS HOUSE.
SO THE PROSECUTORS OBVIOUSLY ARE
VERY FOCUSED ON THIS.
THE DEFENSE IS, AS WELL.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT
DUNN TOLD POLICE DURING THE
INTERROGATION THAT TOOK PLACE
THAT HE WAS AFRAID THAT HE'D
NEVER SHOULD HAVE LEFT THE