GLYNN COUNTY, GA     5/7/2020     8:29pm(est)

 

 

 

The GBI (Georgia Bureau of Investigation), announced Thursday night that agents had arrested Gregory and Travis McMichael for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, WSB-TV2 reported.

 

 

 

Ahmaud Arbery was murdered back on Feb. 23 in Brunswick, Georgia. Gregory and Travis McMichael (34 & 64 respectively), admitted to grabbing their guns and pursuing Arbery as he jogged in their neighborhood, according to police records. The men claimed that there had been break-ins in the neighborhood recently. When they saw a black man jogging in their neighborhood, they decided to take the law into their own hands. The men were never charged in the admitted murder which Arbery’s attorney described as a “lynching”. Attorneys for Arbery released a video on Tuesday showing the two men track down Arbery in their pickup truck brandishing weapons. The unarmed Arbery was jogging down the road minding his business when he was confronted by the armed father & son duo. After being confronted, and having his path blocked by the younger McMichael, who was brandishing what looked like a shotgun, Arbery fought for his life before McMichael shot him at least three times, before he ultimately killed Arbery.

 

 

Video courtesy: 11 Alive

 

 

 

 

The GBI  said the father son duo were also charged with aggravated assault. The McMichaels were taken into custody and will be booked into the Glenn County Jail.