If you watch the AJC video on a big screen, it becomes pretty apparent how this all happened. At one point, you can see Abery, the neighbor calling 911, and the father son duo all at the same time. They weren’t any farther than a couple houses down.
Abery goes into the house. Notice how he walked up the street and into the house. He wasn’t jogging and decided to stop. He walked up to place in which he had no business being. The neighbor sees him and walks out to the street and calls 911. Eventually Arbery realizes that he has been seen and hauls ass down the street running right by the father and son. They get in the truck and follow him and cop comes driving by very shortly thereafter.
This guy got caught and was hauling ass. The McMichaels were right there and basically saw it happen. They jumped in the truck to keep him from getting away until the cops got there which they knew were on the way. They grabbed their guns because he had pulled this before and acted like he had a gun. They thought the guy would stop if confronted, or at the very least keep running. They never thought that he would turn and fight. For his part, Arbery knew he was busted and probably figured that the cops were on the way and was desperate to get away. He got pissed and decided to take it out on them.
Last edited by JoeBob; 05/09/20.
