Becker jury moves into day 5 of deliberations

(AP) - A jury deliberating the fate of a man accused of gunning down his former high school football coach has failed to reach a verdict for the fourth consecutive day.

The jury had deliberated for 24 hours before it was sent home late Monday afternoon in the first-degree murder trial of 24-year-old Mark Becker. It will continue deliberations Tuesday.

Becker is accused of killing Aplington-Parkersburg coach Ed Thomas in the school's weight room last June.

Becker has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

Prosecutors and defense attorneys agree Becker shot Thomas and that he has a mental illness. They disagree over whether he was insane at the time of the shooting.

The jury wrote a note to the judge Friday, saying it had taken four votes and was deadlocked.

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