Georgia Attorney General to review Ahmaud Arbery murder investigation

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr is getting involved in the investigation of the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.

A spokesperson for the attorney general confirmed to CBS News late Saturday that Carr will examine every step of how the case was handled.

Arbery, a 25-year-old black male, was shot and killed while out running in Brunswick, Georgia, in late February. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has charged father-and-son Gregory and Travis McMichael for the murder last week. The two men say they acted in self-defense.

“The family, the community and the state of Georgia deserve answers. We need to know exactly what happened, and we will be working to find those answers,” said Carr in a statement.

The case’s prosecutor said he will ask a grand jury to bring charges against the two men.

Gregory McMichael, 64, is a former law enforcement officer, who previously worked for the local district attorney. Due to this conflict-of-interest, the local DA is not prosecuting the case.

There is now a question of whether the local DA, Jackie Johnson, blocked police from arresting the McMichaels following the shooting. “She shut them down to protect her friend,” one county commissioner told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has been on the case for less than a week, though after only 48 hours the agency felt they had enough probably cause evidence to arrest the two men.