He said Arbery attacked his son before he was shot.Īrbery’s mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, has said she believes her son was merely out jogging. Gregory McMichael, a retired investigator for the local district attorney, told police he thought Arbery was a burglar. More than two months passed before Gregory McMichael, 64, and Travis McMichael, 34, were jailed on charges of felony murder and aggravated assault. 23 after a pursuit by a white father and son who armed themselves and gave chase after seeing the 25-year-old black man running in their subdivision. Walmsley is based in Savannah, about 70 miles north of where the slaying occurred just outside the port city of Brunswick.Īrbery was killed Feb. Walmsley was appointed to the case after all five judges in the legal circuit where Arbery was killed recused themselves. A judge from outside the coastal Georgia community where Ahmaud Arbery was fatally shot has been appointed to preside over trial proceedings of the two men charged in Arbery’s killing, including one defendant with close ties to law enforcement.Ĭourt documents filed in Glynn County show that Superior Court Judge Timothy R.
