Graphic Ahmaud Arbery autopsy photos shown to jurors as medical examiner takes the stand

Ahmaud Arbery's autopsy photos were shown to jurors on Tuesday at the murder trial of three White men who chased him down before he was fatally shot in their neighborhood last year. Prosecutors called Dr. Edmund Donoghue, who examined Arbery's body on February 24, 2020 — the day after he was slain — as a witness.

Arbery was hit by two of the three shotgun rounds fired at him, Donoghue said, adding that those blasts punched a gaping hole in his chest and unleashed massive bleeding. He said both gunshots caused such severe bleeding that either blast alone would have killed the 25-year-old Black man.

The jury saw close-up photos of his injuries, which included several large abrasions to Arbery's face from when he fell facedown in the street following the third gunshot. Photos of his clothing showed his T-shirt stained entirely red. Cellphone video of the shooting shows it had been white.