The jury was shown three enhanced versions of cell phone video that recorded Arbery’s death Monday. Jury shown 1,000 still images from shooting videoĮnhanced videos of the fatal shooting as well as video from one of the defendants’ surveillance system were shown to the jury Monday, allowing jurors to take a careful look of the events that took place in February 23, 2020. If convicted, each man could face life in prison without the possibility of parole.Īrbery’s family has said he was out for a jog when he was shot and killed, while defense attorneys state the three men were attempting to make a citizen’s arrest before Travis McMichael shot Arbery in self-defense. They also face charges of aggravated assault, false imprisonment and criminal attempt to commit a felony. are charged with malice and felony murder in connection with the killing of Arbery in Brunswick. Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan Jr. ET, with the state expected to call the medical examiner. The trial resumes Tuesday morning at 9 a.m. Leppard responded, if you were the victim “it would be reasonable to think that you could grab the shotgun.”Ĭourt adjourned for the day after Leppard finished his testimony. Under cross-examination Robert Rubin, Travis McMichael’s attorney, asked the investigator if the shotgun would have been within “arms reach” or close enough for Arbery to touch due to the near contact firing. The defense presented images showing the size and condition of the holes in Arbery’s shirt. “To have something that large it had to be made by the, in my opinion, made by the gas from the tearing from the large amount of gas that exits the end of the barrel of the weapon, also observed is the rolling of the fabric where the edges of it are seared and rolled up.”

“The end of the shotgun was very close to that fabric when it was fired,” Leppard told prosecuting attorney Linda Dunikoski. According to Leppard, his examination of the garment showed the tearing, searing and rolling around the holes in the shirt were consistent with contact or near contact firing from the weapon. The test helped to determine the approximate distance between the end of the gun and the shirt Arbery was wearing. The investigator also testified he conducted a muzzle-to-target test after the state prosecutor’s office requested it.

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