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Jurors in the retrial of Sagon Penn ended their seventh day of deliberations Thursday without reaching a verdict.

Penn, 25, faces five felony counts in the shooting death more than two years ago of San Diego Police Agent Thomas Riggs and the wounding of Agent Donovan Jacobs and civilian ride-along Sarah Pina Ruiz.

The defense claims Penn, a black, acted to defend himself from a racially motivated attack.

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