Georgia authorities have arrested a third man in connection to the death of Ahmaud Arbery, the young black man who was shot dead in broad daylight while jogging in a white suburban neighborhood earlier this year.

On Thursday afternoon, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced the arrest of William “Roddie” Bryan Jr. 50, who caught the last moments of Arbery’s life on his cellphone. He’s being charged with felony murder and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment.

The 30-second video taken by Bryan shows 25-year-old Arbery running down the street and encountering ex-cop Gregory McMichael, 64, and his son Travis McMichael, 34, both white. The McMichaels have claimed that they suspected Arbery of committing burglaries in the neighborhood and decided to pursue him. They claimed that Arbery attacked Travis upon confrontation, and in response, the younger McMichael opened fire, shooting him three times, twice in the chest.

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The release of the video in late April sparked protests and jump-started the case, which had been stalled since February with no arrests. But as the weeks wore on, questions about Bryan’s role in the shooting and calls for his arrest started to mount.

Civil rights lawyer S. Lee Meritt has argued that Bryan assisted the McMichaels in their pursuit of Arbery and “corralled” him. “We are going to continue to push for the arrest of William Bryan for recording and participating in the ambush of Ahmaud Arbery,” S. Lee Merritt, one of the attorneys for Arbery’s family, told CNN’s Don Lemon.

But the lawyer representing Bryan says his client should be credited with drawing attention to Arbery’s case through the video.

“Without Roddie Bryan, there would be no video of the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery,” Kevin Gough, Bryan’s lawyer, wrote in a statement, according to the New York Times. “Without that video there would be no case. Without purporting to speak for the prosecution, as that would not be my place, we believe Mr. Bryan is not just a witness for the prosecution but a key witness.”

Source: There’s Been a Third Arrest In the Killing of Ahmaud Arbery