the day ahmaud arbery was shot and killed. a black male running down the street. reporter: the three defendants claimed they were trying to make a citizen s arrest of arbery the day they chased arbery and killed him. they said they suspected he had burglarized a nearby home construction site, referring to video of ahmaud arbery wandering inside that home months before being killed. but the prosecution said ahmaud arbery was just out for a jog. he hadn t committed a crime and wasn t armed. everybody that day had a gun except arbery. reporter: now all three face a sent tebls of life if prison without the possibility of parole. you know him as ahmaud, i know him as quez. he will now rest in peace. reporter: one of the things that stood out wednesday is while everyone was cheering out front, we saw each of the men found guilty, being walked in
guilty on all nine counts. his father, gregory mcmichael was found not guilty on one charge but guilty on the other eight. guilty. william roddie bryan jr., the man who took the video of the shooting was found guilty on six counts. guilty. people outside the courthouse rejoiced. today, justice was served. reporter: did you ever doubt this day might come? i did not. i felt good. the jury system works in this country, and when you present the truth to people, and they can see it, they will do the right thing, and that s what this jury did today in getting justice for ahmaud arbery. reporter: the jury deliberated for over eleven hours after 13 days of testimony from more than 30 witnesses. the three defendants claim they were trying to make a citizens arrest of arbery saying that they suspected he had burglarized a nearby home construction site, referring to the video of arbery wandering inside that home months before being killed. after the verdicts were read, arbery s
today, justice was served. reporter: did you ever doubt this day might come? i did not. i felt good. the jury system works in this country and when you present the truth to people and they can see it, they will do the right thing. and that s what this jury did today in getting justice for ahmaud arbery. reporter: the jury deliberated for over 11 hours after 13 days of testimony from more than 30 witnesses. the three defendants claimed they were trying to make a citizen s arrest of arbery. saying that they suspected he had burglarized a nearby home construction site. referring to the video of arbery wandering inside that home months before being killed. after the verdicts were read, arbery s family spoke outside the courthouse. it s been a long fight. it s been a hard fight. but god is good. i wouldn t want to see no daddy want their kid to get shot down like that. so it s all our problem. it s all our problem. so, hey. let s keep fighting. so, martin, what kind of
i felt good. the jury system works in this country skprkts when you present the truth to people, and they can see it, they will do the right thing, and that s what this jury did today in getting justice for ahmaud arbery. reporter: the jury deliberated for over eleven hours after 13 days of testimony from more than 30 witnesses. the three defendants claim they were trying to make a citizens arrest of arberying saying that they suspected he had burglarize add nearby home construction site, referring to the video of arberying wandering inside that home months before being killed. after the verdicts were read, arbery s family spoke outside the courthouse. it s been a long fight. it s been a hard fight. but god is good. i don t want to see no daddy watch his kid get lynched and shot down like that. it s all our problem. it s all our problem, so hey, let s keep fighting. and martin savidge joins me now. martin, what a day. the jurors as you know began the
had burglarized a nearby home construction site, referring to the video of arbery wandering inside that home months before being killed. after the verdicts were read, arbery s family spoke outside the courthouse. it s been a long fight. it s been a hard fight. but god is good. i don t want to see no daddy l watch their kid shot down like that. it s all our problem. let s keep fighting. reporter: no sentencing date as yet. all three men in this case now face the possibility of life in prison without parole. there is also anticipated to be a federal trial on federal hate crime charges. if there, too, found guilty, they could face life without parole. the trial will begin in the same coastal community. martin savage, cnn, brunswick,