Travis McMichael, the man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Georgia in 2020, has been found guilty on all charges. His father Gregory McMichael and neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan were convicted of felony murder and other charges, CBS News reports.
The jury returned guilty verdicts against all three defendants in the murder of the 25-year-old Black man who was fatally shot while jogging in the neighborhood in February 2020.
Cellphone video showed the men chasing
Arbery and cornering him with their pickup trucks before a scuffle that ended
with Travis McMichael shooting Arbery at close range with a shotgun.
Travis McMichael, who fired the fatal
shots, was convicted on all counts, including for malice murder.
BBC News reports that a jury has convicted
all three men accused of killing a black jogger last year.
The report submits that Ahmaud Arbery was
fatally shot during a confrontation with Travis McMichael, his father Gregory
and their neighbour, William Bryan.
The case according to the reports gripped
the attention of the US after video of Arbery’s fatal moments went viral months
after his death.
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