S. Lee Merritt, an attorney for the family of Ahmaud Arbery, told CNN on Monday that the US Department of Justice is investigating the shooting death as a hate crime.
Arbery, who was black, was jogging outside Brunswick, Georgia, on February 23 when Gregory McMichael and his son, who are white, chased him after him, authorities said.
Gregory McMichael told police Arbery attacked his son, a police report says.
Gregory and Travis McMichael were arrested May 7 for the shooting death of Arbery.
William “Roddie” Bryan Jr., the man who recorded the fatal shooting of Arbery, was arrested last week on charges including felony murder.