San Francisco , California ( CNN ) -- Jurors wrapped up deliberations Friday and will continue next week in the racially charged murder trial of a white former police officer in Oakland , California , accused of killing an unarmed black man . Jurors deliberated for nearly three hours Friday afternoon without reaching a verdict in the case against Johannes Mehserle . Mehserle , a former Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer , is accused of shooting 22- year-old Oscar Grant dead on a California train platform on January 1 , 2009 . The jurors will resume their deliberations Tuesday morning ; court is closed Monday due to the extended holiday weekend . Closing arguments concluded earlier in the day Friday . Mehserle could be found not guilty , guilty of murder , or guilty of a lesser offense like manslaughter . The shooting was captured on a bystander 's cell-phone video camera . The video was widely circulated on the internet and on news broadcasts , and it spurred several protests and riots in and around Oakland . The trial was moved from Alameda County to Los Angeles due to pre-trial publicity . Bay Area Rapid Transit police were called to Oakland 's Fruitvale station on January 1 after passengers complained about fights on a train . Officers pulled several men , including Grant , off the train when it arrived at Fruitvale . The video showed Mehserle pulling his gun and fatally shooting Grant in the back as another officer kneeled on the unarmed man . Mehserle has said at the trial that he intended to draw and fire his Taser rather than his gun , CNN affiliate KTVU eported . Mehserle resigned his position a few days after the incident and was later arrested in Nevada . He was released on a $ 3 million bond . Meanwhile , police in Oakland are bracing for riots as a verdict nears in the racially charged trial . An Oakland police department website has messages from the police chief and the mayor of Oakland warning people to stay calm . `` We anticipate that regardless of the verdict reached by the jury , demonstrations could occur in downtown Oakland , and potentially throughout the city , '' one of the messages said . `` We will not tolerate destruction or violence . We live here , and we love Oakland . We understand that the community is grieving , and we are in this together . We will get through this together . '' Grant 's family filed a $ 50 million wrongful death lawsuit against the officers involved in the incident . In January , the transit system agreed to pay $ 1.5 million to settle the suit . The money will provide financial support to Grant 's young daughter .
NEW : Jury deliberations to continue Tuesday . The jury is expected to begin deliberating Wednesday morning and will resume at 9:30 a.m. Thursday. A former police officer is accused of shooting unarmed man .