News4Jax reporter Kelly Wiley tracked down the owner of the renovation property where Ahmaud Arbery was caught on video just minutes before he was gunned down by the son of a former police detective on Feb. 23.
Travis McMichael, 34, and his father Gregory McMichael, 64, are awaiting trial on felony murder and aggravated assault charges in Arbery’s death.
The videos, published on May 10 by News4Jax, show a man who appears to be Arbery visiting the construction property on multiple occasions – day and night – as far back as October 2019.
In one undated video recorded at 2 a.m., a shirtless Black man is seen wandering around inside the unoccupied house that was under renovation. All of the videos appear to be of the same man.
The man seen on surveillance video in the house on February 23 was positively identified as Arbery by attorney Ben Crump, who represents Arbery’s father.
Crump said the videos don’t change the events leading up to Arbery’s murder. Arbery did not appear to take anything from the house, and the videos do not justify the shooting that happened after he exited the house.
