Former Pittsburgh Steelers vast receiver Antonio Brown is again in america and in police custody as he faces an tried homicide cost, in line with TMZ Sports activities.
Brown, 37, is predicted to be charged with one rely of tried second-degree homicide with a lethal weapon after he allegedly tried to shoot and kill a person exterior a star boxing match in Miami, Florida, in Could.
TMZ stories that Brown was within the United Arab Emirates, allegedly making an attempt to evade U.S. authorities. Brown was reportedly extradited from Dubai to the New York space, the place he was turned over to police. He’ll quickly head to Florida to face his cost.
Video of the incident surfaced earlier this yr, showing to point out Brown preventing with a number of individuals exterior the occasion. An arrest warrant for Brown said on the time {that a} safety guard stepped in to interrupt up the combat and Brown allegedly took his gun.
Witnesses say Brown was the one who fired the photographs which are heard off digicam within the video. Two shell casings have been discovered on the scene, however Brown was unarmed when police detained him.
Zül-Qarnaįn Nantambu is called within the warrant as the person that Brown allegedly fired at.
“Cellular phone video obtained from social media confirmed Mr. Brown with the firearm in his hand advancing in direction of Mr. Nantambu on the surface sidewalk,” the warrant learn. “The video captures two photographs which happen as Mr. Brown is inside a number of ft of Mr. Nantambu. The video additionally captures Mr. Nantambu ducking after the primary shot is heard.”
Although no arrests have been made on the time, Nantambu later informed police he believed one of many bullets could have grazed him. The arrest warrant states he had “seen accidents,” and he stated he was handled at an area hospital.
Brown took to social media the following day, the place he insisted he was making an attempt to defend himself from a number of individuals who have been making an attempt to rob him.
“I used to be jumped by a number of people who tried to steal my jewellery and trigger bodily hurt to me,” he wrote by way of X on Could 17. “Opposite to some video circulating, Police quickly detained me till they obtained my facet of the story after which launched me. I WENT HOME THAT NIGHT AND WAS NOT ARRESTED. I might be speaking to my authorized council and attorneys on urgent expenses on the people that jumped me.”
Brown performed within the NFL from 2010 to 2021, spending 9 of his 12 seasons with the Steelers. He was named to seven Professional Bowls throughout his profession and was a four-time first-team All-Professional. Brown received his solely Tremendous Bowl as a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers within the 2020 season.
He has additionally had a number of notable run-ins with the regulation. In 2018, he was accused of throwing furnishings out of his 14th-story house window and almost hanging a 22-month-old baby. The household sued and reached a settlement with Brown the next yr.
Later in 2019, his former coach Britney Taylor filed a lawsuit accusing him of rape. Brown denied the allegations and reached a settlement with Taylor in 2021. He additionally pleaded no contest to a felony housebreaking with battery cost in 2020 after he allegedly attacked a shifting truck driver at his residence. In 2022, he was arrested however didn’t face expenses after a lady accused him of throwing a shoe at her.

