(JACKSONVILLE)  Jurors took more nearly 40 hours and finally decided: Michael David Dunn is guilty of attempted murder in the November shootings that killed 17-year-old Jordan Davis in a dispute over loud music.

The jury said it could not break its deadlock on the more serious charge of Davis’ murder, and Judge Russell Healey declared a mistrial on that count.

Dunn was convicted on three counts of the attempted murders of the three teenagers who were riding with Davis in a Dodge Durango. Dunn also was convicted on a weapons charge.

Much like the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin trial, there has been a great deal of interest across the nation in the case.

Dunn, 47, was arrested in November 2012 the day after he fired 10 shots into the vehicle Davis was in with three friends. Davis died at the scene while the other three teenagers were not hurt.

According to police and court documents, Davis and Dunn argued over the loud music in the boys’ Dodge Durango. Dunn had pulled his Volkswagen Jetta into a Gate gas station next to the Durango while his fiancée, Rhonda Rouer, went into the convenience store to purchase a bottle of wine and some chips.

Dunn asked the teenagers to turn down their thumping rap music. Tevin Thompson, who was in the front seat of the Durango, turned the music off.

But Davis cursed and instructed Thompson to turn the music back up.

An argument ensued, and Dunn testified Davis threatened to kill him and had a shotgun. He said Davis was getting out of the car to kill him when he defended himself with his own gun from his glove compartment.

The other teens in the SUV and several witnesses in the parking lot said Davis never got out and didn’t have a gun. They said Davis cursed at Dunn but never threatened them.

One witness in the parking lot said Dunn screamed “you can’t talk to me like that” before pulling out his gun and firing it at the Durango. Dunn testified he said, “You’re not going to kill me.”  (READ MORE)