The man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery testified Wednesday that he feared the 25-year-old man was armed with a gun when he encountered Arbery “creeping” outside an unfinished house in his Georgia neighborhood 12 days before the shooting.
Travis McMichael’s testimony came as defense attorneys in the murder trial for the three white men charged with chasing and killing Arbery opened their case by building on arguments that their clients were lawfully trying to stop burglaries in their neighborhood.
“I want to give my side of the story,” McMichael, 35, said.
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