The three men linked to the February shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery have been indicted by a grand jury, Cobb County District Attorney Joyette Holmes announced Wednesday, June 24.
Father and son Greg and Travis McMichael and their neighbor William Bryan were charged last month with felony murder in the case, in which the 25-year-old was followed while jogging in his Brunswick, Georgia neighborhood, and confronted by the McMicahels before a physical altercation began, ending with Travis McMichael shooting Arbery dead.
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The indictment issues nine formal charges against the three men, including malice murder; four counts of felony murder; two counts of aggravated assault; false imprisonment; and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment, Holmes, the specially appointed prosecutor, announced in front of the Glynn County, Georgia Courthouse.
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A preliminary hearing was held in the case two weeks ago when the results of a Georgia Bureau of Investigation probe were revealed.
"I believe Mr. Arbery was being pursued, and he ran till he couldn't run anymore, and it was to turn his back to a man with a shotgun or fight with his bare hands against the man with the shotgun," Dial said.
