The arrests of the father and son come after outrage from the public and elected officials and as authorities announced that a grand jury would be reviewing the case.
Officials in Georgia have arrested and charged two men with murder after they followed, then fatally shot a black man who was jogging down a road in February.
Gregory McMichael, 64, and his son Travis McMichael, 34, were charged Thursday with murder and aggravated assault in the death of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said. The Feb. 23 shooting took place in Brunswick, a small city on the state's southern coast, while Arbery was running on a two-lane road.Video of the fatal shooting was released this week, prompting outrage from the public and elected officials that the McMichaels hadn't been arrested. Authorities announced Tuesday that a grand jury would be reviewing the case.
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