The three men convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting were found guilty of federal hate crimes Tuesday for violating Arbery’s civil rights and targeting him because he was Black.

The jury reached its decision after several hours of deliberation — and almost exactly two years to the day Arbery was killed — on the charges against father and son Greg and Travis McMichael and neighbour William (Roddie) Bryan.

In addition to the federal hate crimes, the three men were each found guilty of attempted kidnapping, while the McMichaels were also found guilty of the use of a firearm in