‘I just killed a man’: defendant who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery testifies

Travis McMichael says Arbery's demeanor struck him as suspicious but that Arbery didn't threaten him in any way before he opened fire

Hundreds of pastors rallied and prayed outside the trial of the three white men accused of murdering 25-year-old Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery in 2020, with the gathering on Thursday organized in response to a defense lawyer's bid to keep Black church leaders out of the courtroom.

Inside the court house, the defense rested its case on Thursday afternoon, shortly after Travis McMichael, who fatally shot Arbery on 23 February 2020, testified that the younger man's demeanor struck him as suspicious but that Arbery didn't threaten him in any way before he opened fire.