RIVERHEAD , New York ( CNN ) -- The tragic story that began with a sick joke on the Internet is coming to a close as a Riverhead , New York , jury deliberates the fate of 53-year-old John White , on trial for killing a friend of his son . A bogus threat of rape on the Internet may have led to the shooting death of 17-year-old Daniel Cicciaro . White is accused of shooting 17-year old Daniel Cicciaro in the face on August 9 , 2006 , outside his Long Island home after a heated exchange with Cicciaro and his friends . Cicciaro died that night , and White was arrested . He is charged with second-degree manslaughter . The trial has brought out allegations of racism and revenge . White , who is African-American , maintains he was protecting his family from a white lynch mob and says the gun discharged accidentally . Prosecutors disagree , saying White should have called police but instead deliberately chose to confront the boys outside his home with a .32-caliber Beretta . Watch Cicciaro 's parents recall son 's death » . Riverhead police say this all started with an Internet prank sent from the MySpace page of White 's son , 20-year-old Aaron . Under his screen name , a threatening message was sent to a teenage girl who was a close friend of Daniel Cicciaro . The night Cicciaro was killed , he was at a party with the girl when they spotted Aaron White . According to court testimony , Cicciaro became angry and White was asked to leave . Aaron White testified that after he left the party , Cicciaro and a male friend called him on his cell phone , saying to him , `` Get back to this party you n****r. '' Aaron White says he then went home and received more calls from Cicciaro and his friends , telling him they were coming to his house to kill him . He then woke his father , who grabbed his handgun and waited for the boys to arrive . Police say that around 11 p.m. , Cicciaro and four friends arrived at White 's house . John and Aaron White walked out of their house , both holding guns , and had a heated exchange with Cicciaro and his friends . John White asked the boys to leave . Then , police say , John White shot Cicciaro at point-blank range . Cicciaro died in the emergency room that night . But the rape threat that sparked the confrontation between Daniel Cicciaro and Aaron White was not real . Under testimony , Aaron White 's friend Michael Longo admitted he logged on to Aaron 's MySpace page and sent the threat to the girl as a joke . Daniel Cicciaro 's mother , Joanne Cicciaro , says her son was trying to protect the girl . `` The thing is , that night , Daniel believed Aaron threatened to rape a girl that was like his little sister , '' Cicciaro said . During the trial , which lasted three weeks and ended Tuesday , John White broke down in tears . He testified , `` I did n't mean to shoot this young man . This young man was another child of God . '' White 's attorneys say that racism lies at the heart of the confrontation and that John White feared Cicciaro and his friends were going to kill his son . `` You had this group of white men who felt that they were going to defend this young white woman from a black man who said these things about her , and they felt justified to do so because of his race , '' said defense attorney Fred Brewington . But Daniel Cicciaro 's father , also named Daniel , says he does n't believe White 's story . `` He had 20 minutes to gather his thoughts , to call the police to defuse the situation , to find out why they were coming over , and he did n't take any of the precautionary steps '' he said . `` The Whites , none of them , ever called 9-1-1 , even after he shot Daniel , but he did call their attorney , '' Joanne Cicciaro added . With tears in their eyes , Daniel and Joanne Cicciaro say their last image of their son was in the hospital , drenched in blood and being given CPR . `` I saw the hole in his cheek . I got to tell him that I loved him , '' Joanne Cicciaro said . `` I saw his blank eyes open , staring at the ceiling . '' Friends and supporters of both the Whites and the Cicciaros have attended the trial daily , which presented its case to the jury Tuesday . The jury finished its second day of deliberations Thursday with no verdict . E-mail to a friend .
A bogus Internet threat may have led to 17-year-old 's death . Shooting followed confrontation between Daniel Cicciaro and Aaron White . Aaron White 's father is charged with aggravated manslaughter . Defense attorneys say John White feared a racial attack before the shooting .