Two men in Georgia have been charged with murdering a 25-year-old unarmed black man while he was jogging.
On Wednesday night, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced that Gregory McMichael and Travis McMichael, who are father and son, were arrested and charged with murder for the alleged killing of Ahmaud Arbery.
“The McMichaels were taken into custody and will be booked into the Glynn County Jail,” the press release reads.
On Feb. 23, Arbery went for a jog near his neighborhood, Brunswick, before he was allegedly attacked by the McMichaels. Cellphone footage of the event taken by a bystander recently emerged online, apparently showing Arbery running around a white vehicle before being shot at twice.
“The series of events captured in this video confirm what all the evidence indicated prior to its release— Ahmaud Arbery was pursued by three white men that targeted him solely because of his race and murdered him without justification. This is murder.” pic.twitter.com/v4TAs0RjO7
— S. Lee Merritt, Esq. (@MeritLaw) May 5, 2020
The McMichaels reportedly told police they pursued Arbery in their vehicle after seeing him running because they suspected he was responsible for recent burglaries in the area. The father claims his son left the truck holding a shotgun and was attacked by Arbery, according to ABC News.
Arbery would have turned 26 on Friday.
