Two men involved in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery have been arrested and face murder and aggravated assault charges
Gregory McMichael and his son, Travis McMichael, were taken into custody and will be booked into the Glynn County Jail, the GBI said Thursday evening.Arbery, 25, was jogging in a neighborhood outside Brunswick on February 23 when Gregory McMichael, a former police officer, and his son chased him down, authorities said.
The elder McMichael told police that his son shot Arbery after the latter attacked him, according to the police report.Read MoreGregory McMichael said two shots were fired before Arbery fell to the street, the report said. In a video of the incident, three shots can be heard before Arbery is seen stumbling and falling to the ground.Arbery family attorney S.
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