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Tex McIver: Why did the jury want to sit in the SUV with the gun today?

Today the media watched as the jury sat inside Tex McIver's SUV with the gun.

ATLANTA — Why did the jury want to sit in the SUV with the gun Thursday?

That’s the question people following the Tex McIver murder trial are asking tonight.

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McIver shot and killed his wife inside that SUV in September 2016. He says it was an accident. Prosecutors say it was murder.

The experts on both sides disagreed about the possible position of the gun when it was fired. So it is possible the jury wanted to see for themselves how the gun could have been held by McIver.

All this is happening in the middle of deliberations. The jury got the case late on Tuesday and still have not reached a verdict.

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They will return Friday morning at 9 a.m., but told the judge they don’t want to stay past 4 p.m. Friday. So, that either means an early verdict Friday or the start of an early weekend before coming back on Monday.

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