Jurors failed to find consensus Tuesday in a murder trial where they were asked to consider a self-defense argument even though the victim was killed in his own home.
After seven days of trial, a hung jury delivered a mistrial for 32-year-old Joel Johnson, who was charged with the second-degree murder of Byron Irving, 36, at his North Donmoor Drive apartment in July 2024.
The defense presented a narrative in which Johnson only came to Irving’s doorstep to break up a fight between their respective partners, but was forced to fire on Irving after seeing the man holding a firearm…