GLYNN COUNTY, Ga. — Update May 9, 4:40 p.m.: The Georgia Bureau of Investigation released a statement regarding the security footage circulating Saturday of a man who appears to be Ahmaud Arbery entering a construction site minutes before he was shot and killed:
"There are reports circulating of additional video footage being reviewed by the GBI as a part of the Ahmaud Arbery murder investigation. We are indeed reviewing additional video footage and photographs as part of the active case. It is important to note that this footage was reviewed at the beginning of the GBI investigation and before the arrests of Gregory and Travis McMichael.
If anyone has any new information regarding this case, it can be submitted to the GBI Tip Line at 1-800-597-TIPS(8477) or https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online. We will continue to update you with pertinent information regarding this case."
May 9th update in response to questions about additional video footage being reviewed by the GBI.
— GA Bureau of Invest (@GBI_GA) May 9, 2020
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Original Story: GBI agents in the Ahmaud Arbery murder investigation are reviewing additional video from the Glynn County neighborhood where he was shot to death as they piece together the minutes before the fatal confrontation that has drawn national attention to Georgia and its justice system.
Investigators are reviewing the tape-recorded minutes before the Feb. 23 killing, to gain a better understanding of what transpired before the shooting, according to our investigative partners at Atlanta Journal-Constitution and AJC.com.
“We are using video to put the timeline together to fill in the blanks of what happened that afternoon,” said Scott Dutton, GBI’s Deputy Director of investigations.
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The digital video file was obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution from a source outside the GBI on Friday, and investigators confirmed it was part of the case file when the agency entered the case on Tuesday.
The video from AJC.com appears to be from a home security camera installed at a house about a block from the shooting.
Read more from our investigative partners at Atlanta Journal-Constitution and AJC.com.
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