The Georgia attorney general is pledging to probe the handling of Ahmaud Arbery’s murder, according to a report.

Attorney General Chris Carr said he would look “into how the case was handled from the outset.”

“The family, the community, and the state of Georgia deserve answers. We need to know exactly what happened, and we will be working tirelessly with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the Brunswick community and others to find those answers,” Carr said in a statement to the Washington Post.

Peter Murphy, the commissioner of Glynn County where Arbery was killed, said he also plans to call for an investigation into how prosecutors and police agencies handled the case.

The unarmed Arbery, 25, who was black, was jogging on Feb. 23 when he was shot in a scuffle with Gregory McMichael, 64, and Travis McMichael, 34, who approached him in their pickup truck.

The father and son were not arrested until Thursday, when they were charged with murder in Arbery’s death. The arrest came only after video of the shooting was made public and ignited an outcry.

The Glynn County district attorney is also disputing accusations that her office prevented police officers from arresting anyone the day of the shooting.

Jackie Johnson said “no Assistant District Attorney in the office directed any Glynn County police officer not to make an arrest,” according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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