A Georgia state investigator testified Thursday that one of the men arrested in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery allegedly stood over Arbery’s dead body and blurted out a racial epithet, according to NBC News.
The allegation was revealed at a preliminary hearing on Thursday morning as the prosecution presented its case against defendants Gregory McMichael, 64, his son, Travis McMichael, 34, and their neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, 50.
Bryan, who recorded the killing on his mobile phone, told investigators he overheard Travis McMichael using a racial epithet after fatally shooting Arbery, a black man, in Glynn County, GA, in February, according to the court testimony.
Richard Dial, a special agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, said that Bryan told law enforcement officials on May 13 that Travis uttered “f****** n*****” after he had shot Arbery three times with his Remington 870 shotgun and before police officers appeared on the scene.
Retired district attorney investigator Greg McMichael and his adult son, Travis, shot and killed Arbery, 25, as he jogged past the McMichael home in Brunswick, GA.
