Mistrial declared in Ray Tensing murder case

UPDATE @ 2:15 p.m.

The judge in the Ray Tensing murder trial has declared a mistrial due to a hung jury after 30 hours of deliberations.

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The jury of nine women and three men couldn’t agree on verdicts of murder or voluntary manslaughter.

The Hamilton County jury had deliberated some 30 hours over five days after getting the case Monday. Then-University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing shot 43-year-old Sam DuBose in the head after pulling him over for a missing front license plate on July 19, 2015.

The 27-year-old Tensing testified he feared he was going to be killed. Prosecutors said repeatedly the evidence contradicted Tensing's story.

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His first trial ended in a mistrial.

The shooting is among those across the nation that have raised attention to how police deal with blacks.

FIRST REPORT 9 a.m. Friday:

Deliberations in the second trial of a white former University of Cincinnati police officer who shot unarmed black motorist Sam Dubose have gone on longer than in his first trial.

Jurors in Ray Tensing's murder retrial will get back at it Friday, their fifth day. They've deliberated nearly 26 hours, compared to 25 hours over four days before a November mistrial was declared.

The Hamilton County court administrator says the jury asked a question Thursday, and the judge sent an answer after meeting with attorneys. The question wasn't made public.