Credited from: LATIMES
Former NFL star Antonio Brown is currently wanted for attempted murder stemming from an incident that occurred during a celebrity boxing event in Miami on May 16, 2023. The arrest warrant, signed by a judge in Miami-Dade County, accuses Brown of first-degree felony attempted second-degree murder with a firearm, as he allegedly shot at a man during a scuffle at the event. The warrant requires Brown to post a $10,000 bond and remain under house arrest until trial, according to HuffPost, SFGate, and Los Angeles Times.
Details of the incident suggest that Brown was involved in a physical altercation before the shooting occurred. Surveillance footage reportedly shows Brown striking another individual and subsequently retrieving a firearm from a security guard. As Brown approached the victim, cell phone video captured the sound of gunfire, with the victim later stating that he was shot twice and required hospitalization for his injuries. Several eyewitnesses allegedly identified Brown as the shooter during the incident, corroborating the accounts provided in the warrant, according to HuffPost, SFGate, and Los Angeles Times.
In a statement he made shortly after the incident, Brown claimed he was attacked by individuals attempting to steal his jewelry, contending that he was wrongly accused. "I was jumped by multiple individuals who tried to steal my jewelry and cause physical harm to me," he stated on his social media account. Despite being temporarily detained by the police at the time, he was released without arrest, but the circumstances surrounding the incident have since escalated into serious criminal charges against him, according to HuffPost, SFGate, and Los Angeles Times.