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Georgia Governor Calls Shooting Video 'Absolutely Horrific'

Twitter via AP

Georgia’s governor describes as “absolutely horrific” a cellphone video that appears to show a white father and son fatally shooting a black man on a residential street. Republican Brian Kemp made the comments Thursday at a news conference in Atlanta. Ahmaud Arbery was killed Feb. 23 just outside the port city of Brunswick.

The men who pursued him in a pickup truck told police they believed Arbery was a burglar. More than two months later, no arrests have been made or charges filed. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation opened an investigation this week after the video was posted online by a radio station.

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