The man who videotaped the gunning down of an unarmed black man as he jogged in a suburban neighbourhood in Georgia has been arrested as the third white suspect accused of murder in the racially charged case.
William "Roddie" Bryan, Junior, 50, of Brunswick, Georgia, was charged with felony murder and attempt to commit false imprisonment of Ahmaud Arbery, 25, in February, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) said in a short statement.
Mr Bryan had come forward as the man who recorded a video of the slaying that went viral, drawing outrage over the death from celebrities and activists.
Two other suspects, former police officer George McMichael, 64, and his son Travis McMichael, 34, were each charged with aggravated assault and felony murder, by the GBI on 7 May.
The McMichaels told police they believed they were chasing a burglary suspect in their coastal, south Georgia neighbourhood and had tried to make a citizen's arrest.
A man holds a sign during a rally to protest the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery. Source: FR56856 AP
The McMichaels were arrested about 10 weeks after Arbery was shot on 23 February, and just a few days after the video was posted on the internet. After a national outcry, a local prosecutor asked the GBI to step in.
Mr Bryan had told police that he was a bystander, his lawyer previously told the media.
The case is also being investigated by the US Department of Justice and activists are calling for federal hate crime charges to also be brought against the suspects.
The McMichaels are being held in the Glynn County jail without bond. There was no immediate information on bond for Mr Bryan.
The arrest came as news broke that the FBI was opening an investigation into the fatal shooting of a black woman in Kentucky.
Breonna Taylor was killed during a police drug raid at her home in Louisville.
Police had been targeting two men who they believed were selling drugs out of another home more than 15km from Ms Taylor’s apartment, said the Louisville Courier-Journal. But a judge had signed a warrant allowing officers to search Ms Taylor’s home - and enter without warning - partly because an officer said one of the men had used Ms Taylor’s apartment to receive a package.
