CINCINNATI – The judge in an Ohio police shooting retrial said Thursday that many potential jurors are worried about their identities being made public.

Hamilton County Judge Leslie Ghiz cited responses to juror questionnaires in the racially charged murder retrial of Ray Tensing, a white former University of Cincinnati police officer facing charges of murder and voluntary manslaughter for the 2015 shooting of Sam DuBose, an unarmed black man.

“They are seriously concerned about their safety,” the judge said after testimony in a hearing she called after news organizations won an appeals court ruling blocking her planned restrictions on news coverage, such as limiting the number of reporters and electronic devices.

Ghiz didn’t immediately release a new plan on media access. She said she intends to resume jury selection Friday. The jury in Tensing’s first trial deadlocked in November.

Some 180 potential jurors last week filled out lengthy questionnaires meant for attorneys’ use to assess their attitudes on race, police, and other issues as well as their knowledge or opinions about the Tensing case.

Tensing, 27, has testified he feared for his life as DuBose, 43, tried to drive away from a traffic stop.

The DuBose shooting is among cases across the United States that have increased attention in recent years to how police deal with blacks.

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