Jurors in the trial of Michael Dunn, a software developer from Brevard County charged with shooting and killing 17-year-old Jordan Davis in Jacksonville in 2012, heard from the three young men in the SUV with the teen as Dunn opened fire.

They said it all started with a simple request.

"'Turn your music down, I can't hear myself think,'" witness Tevin Thompson recalled Dunn saying.

That began the verbal battle between Dunn and the three men on the night of Nov. 23, 2012. Thompson was in the Dodge Durango that night when Dunn asked them to lower the volume, which Thompson said he did.

Thompson then testified that Davis, who was sitting in the seat behind him, told him to turn the volume back up. Again, Thompson complied.

Moments later, Dunn, who had just left his son's wedding reception, picked up a gun and fired 10 shots in the direction of the music.

Thompson described what happened next after Tommie Stornes started to drive off:

Prosecutor John Guy: How did you first learn that Jordan Davis had been shot?

Thompson: When Tommy began to call our names, me and Leland replied, but Jordan didn't.

Guy: Did Jordan Davis say anything at any time?

Thompson: No, sir.

Guy: Was he making any sounds that you could hear?

Thompson: Yes, sir.

Guy: What was that?

Thompson: Like gasping for air.

The fourth young man in the car, Leland Brunson, was a childhood friend of Davis', and recalled what happened as he sat next to his dying friend.

"When I reached to touch him, blood appeared on my fingers," Brunson recalled.

Dunn told investigators he thought he saw a gun come from the back of the SUV. Throughout the trial, Dunn's attorney has suggested Jordan Davis had a weapon, was the main aggressor, and his client was acting out of self-defense.

Police, however, said they had found no weapon or evidence of a weapon in the SUV. Dunn's attorney has tried to make the case that the young men drove away, dumped their weapon and came back.

Prosecutors maintained the only weapon that night was Dunn's 9 mm handgun.

Guy: Did you take a gun out of the car?

Thompson: No, sir.

Guy: A bat?

Thompson: No, sir.

Guy: A pipe?

Thompson: No, sir.

Guy: A knife?

Thompson: No, sir.

Court will be in session Saturday as testimony continues. The trial is scheduled to last about two weeks.

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Officers: Davis died almost immediately

(AP) -- Police officers testified Friday that Jordan Davis died almost immediately after Michael Dunn fired repeatedly into his vehicle.

Officers Robert Holmes and Dawn Valentine of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said they found the 17-year-old slumped against another young man in the backseat of the SUV.

Blood was coming out of the back of the teen from Marietta, Ga., Holmes said.

Davis' friend, Tevin Thompson, who was sitting in the front passenger seat at the time of the shooting, testified that he and his friends were playing music loudly in their SUV while they waited for another friend to make a purchase inside the convenience store.

"It was pretty loud," Thompson said. "Jordan's window was a little down. My window was up."

Dunn pulled into the parking space next to theirs and a woman got out of his car and went into the convenience store. Dunn seemed upset, Thompson said.

Dunn shouted at them to "turn your music down. I can't hear myself think," Thompson said.

Thompson said he reached over and turned the volume down, but Davis said, "'Turn the music back.' He was talking to me," Thompson said.

Dunn and Davis started arguing, but Thompson testified he couldn't hear all their words. Thompson said he heard Davis cursing but didn't hear him make any threats.

The SUV's driver, Tommie Stornes, returned to the vehicle, and before getting into the driver's seat, he did a little dance to the music, Thompson said. Dunn and Davis continued arguing, and Thompson said he heard Dunn say, "'Are you talking to me?'"

Dunn then reached down to his right side, pulled out a silver pistol and fired into the SUV's door where Davis was, Thompson said.

Stornes backed the car out, and Dunn kept firing, Thompson said.

Stornes drove around to a nearby shopping plaza, and did a roll call. Everyone answered but Davis, who was gasping for air, Thompson said.

During opening statements Thursday, prosecutor John Guy told jurors that Davis posed no threat to Dunn and that there was no weapon in Davis' vehicle.

Dunn's attorney, Cory Strolla, told jurors Dunn felt threatened and fired in self-defense. Under Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law, Dunn had every right not to be a victim, the defense attorney said.