Former NFL star Antonio Brown was arrested on an tried homicide cost stemming from a capturing after a celeb boxing occasion in Miami, police confirmed Thursday.
Miami police spokesperson Mike Vega stated Brown, 37, was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals in Dubai within the United Arab Emirates. He was flown to Essex County, New Jersey, the place he's being held pending extradition to Miami, Vega stated.
It was unclear why Brown was taken to New Jersey first or how lengthy he had been in Dubai, though he has posted a number of instances on social media over the previous few months from there.
In response to an arrest warrant detailing the Could 16 capturing, Brown is accused of grabbing a handgun from a safety staffer after the boxing match and firing two photographs at a person he had been in a fistfight with earlier. The person, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, instructed investigators one of many bullets grazed his neck.
It was unclear from courtroom paperwork whether or not Brown has an lawyer.
Police initially detained him after gunshots had been fired on the occasion. Brown was seen preventing with a number of folks on a video posted to social media, and gunshots may clearly be heard after the altercation. Police launched Brown after a couple of hours, and he posted a proof to social media the next day.
“I used to be jumped by a number of people who tried to steal my jewellery and trigger bodily hurt to me,” he wrote on his X account. “Opposite to some video circulating, Police briefly detained me till they acquired my facet of the story after which launched me. I WENT HOME THAT NIGHT AND WAS NOT ARRESTED. I will probably be speaking to my authorized council and attorneys on urgent fees on the people that jumped me.”
A warrant for Brown's arrest on the tried homicide cost was issued June 11.
It was not instantly identified when Brown could be returned to Miami.
A second-degree tried homicide cost carries a most 15-year jail sentence and as much as a $10,000 fantastic within the occasion of a conviction.
Brown, who spent 12 years within the NFL, was an All-Professional extensive receiver who final performed in 2021 for Tampa Bay however spent most of his profession with Pittsburgh. For his profession, Brown had 928 receptions for greater than 12,000 yards and 83 touchdowns.
Brown has handled varied authorized issues over time. He beforehand had been accused of battery of a transferring truck driver, a number of home violence fees, failure to pay little one help and different incidents. Throughout a 2021 recreation with Tampa Bay in opposition to the New York Jets, Brown took off his jersey, shoulder pads and gloves and ran off the sector, resulting in his launch by the Buccaneers and successfully ending his soccer profession.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
