All Three White Men Found Guilty of Murdering Ahmaud Arbery

Jurors have reached a verdict in the killing of unarmed Black man Ahmaud Arbery, finding the three defendants guilty of numerous felony charges.

Travis McMichael, who pulled the trigger in Arbery’s killing, was found guilty of all nine charges against him, including four for felony murder.

His father Gregory McMichael, who drove the truck he and his son used to chase Arbery, was found not guilty of malice murder, but guilty of eight other charges including the same four counts of felony murder.

William “Roddie” Bryan Jr., who followed behind the McMichaels in a different car, was found guilty of felony murder and five other counts among the nine he faced, three of which were felony murder. (

Ahmaud Arbery was fatally shot near Brunswick in Glynn County, Georgia on Feb. 23, 2020. Travis and Gregory McMichael pursued Arbery, claiming they believed he had committed theft at properties in the neighborhood despite no evidence indicating he had. Bryan filmed the shooting.

This story is being updated.