Ahmaud Arbery was killed in February about 2 miles from his home in a neighborhood outside Brunswick, Georgia. Gregory McMichael told police they saw him running and believd he was a burglary suspect, so he and his son armed themselves, got in a truck and followed him. They told police Arbery attacked them after one of them got out of the truck with a shotgun.

Arbery's family and their attorneys say Arbery was out for a jog when he was killed. They believe he was the victim of racial profiling and have called the killing a lynching.