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Three men found guilty of murdering Ahmaud Arbery

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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