Miami-Dade County authorities are searching for Antonio Brown. The retired wide receiver is wanted on an attempted murder charge stemming from an incident that occurred at a celebrity boxing match in May, the Washington Post’s David Ovalle reports.
Police are aiming to apprehend Brown on a charge of attempted murder with a firearm; he is to be placed under house arrest pending a trial, according to Ovalle, who indicates a judge signed a warrant in this case Wednesday. Brown battled a number of off-field issues late in his career but nothing on this level. The former Steelers, Raiders, Patriots and Buccaneers pass catcher has not played since his midgame walk-off at MetLife Stadium in December 2021.
Responding to reports of gunshots at the aforementioned boxing event in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood, police detained Brown but later released him. An off-duty officer observed Brown involved in a physical altercation with another man, per Ovalle, who notes observers in the parking lot at the event labeled Brown the shooter. Brown, 36, did not have a weapon on him when officers patted him down, but he is accused of taking a security officer’s gun. Investigators found two spent shell casings and an empty gun holster at the scene, a warrant reads.
A Fort Lauderdale, Fla., resident, Brown is shown on a cellphone video — one obtained by police — punching a man and appearing to take the security officer’s gun before running toward the man he punched, Ovalle reports. The video includes the alleged victim ducking. Meeting with police May 21, the man Brown allegedly punched said the former All-Pro receiver “began to run toward him with a firearm” before shooting at him twice, possibly grazing the man’s neck. He and Brown struggled for the gun, according to the warrant.
Brown walked away as police arrived; the alleged victim, who was treated at a nearby hospital, told police he has known Brown since 2022. Released later that night in May, Brown said on social media people attempting to steal his jewelry “jumped” him. More developments will undoubtedly emerge from this situation, and it continues a spiral for a player once viewed as the NFL’s premier wide receiver.
A first-team All-Pro each season from 2014-17, Brown pushed his way out of Pittsburgh before washing out in Oakland — having played zero games following a trade to the Raiders — and then playing in all of one game upon arriving in New England as a 2019 free agent. Multiple women accused Brown of sexual misconduct, and an eight-game 2020 suspension also covered an incident involving a delivery driver — one that brought felony charges and an eventual no-contest plea — but Brown resurfaced with the Bucs and helped them win Super Bowl LV. The team re-signed Brown in 2021 but waived him after the bizarre incident during a Week 17 game against the Jets.
A domestic battery arrest order for Brown also emerged in December 2022. Brown will be a surefire Hall of Fame candidate when first eligible in 2027, but he now has a significant legal matter to handle.
Congrats AB!!
Sad end to his story.
Dangers of becoming a star and people telling you what you want to hear vs. what you need to hear. They’ll now find the next celebrity to latch onto.
“Dangers of becoming a star and people telling you what you want to hear vs. what you need to hear.”
Well, that and he’s been getting his brains scrambled since Pop Warner football.
Brown is the type of guy that would’ve been in prison a long time ago if it wasnt for being drafted in the NFL. Tyreek Hill is another.
Sure fire HOF candidate? Cooperstown must have different stipulations then Canton.
Uhh yeah he absolutely is a surefire HOF candidate. His numbers speak for themselves.
If he’s convicted, the only numbers that will matter will be how many years he spends in prison for attempted murder.
So did Pete Rose’s numbers.
Pete Rose got caught betting on his own games. Which is a big no no. Lets not pretend Antonio Brown and Pete Rose are in the same situation.
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It’s the Hall of Fame. Not the hall of moral superiority
You know how many known racists are in the NFL HOF and the NFLs own history
NFL literally banned black players in 1933 despite them being allowed to play 1920-1930s
George Preston Marshall literally refused to sign black players as Redskins owners and was the last team to do so in 1962. Dude literally implemented his own version of segregation in the NFL
If we are gonna start gate keeping with personal issues Off the field then you’re gonna have to go back go through every HOFers life and remove a lot of them for
Racism
Drugs
Domestic violence
Violence in general
AB is no HOFer. Not even top 20 in receptions, yards, TDs. Had a couple good seasons, that’s it. No Hall of Fame player walks off the field mid-game in his last time on the field. Dude was an egomaniac and didn’t help the game one bit. Not HOF worthy.
Hall of Fame… not hall of good but has mental issues.
Chester, a couple good seasons?
I could argue Kurt Warner had only a couple good seasons. Brown had the best 6 year run of any receiver ever.
If Terrell Davis and Kurt Warner are in, AB is in.
Kurt Warner did more for football than AB ever will. HOF is not just about compiling stats. If I had to list the 10 best WRs on the past 20 years, AB wouldn’t be mentioned.
It absolutely is just about compiling stats.
No, it’s not. Otherwise Barry Bonds would be in on the baseball side. As well as several other steroid boys. Pete Rose would’ve been in before now but for the gambling. It applies to football as well. If he’s convicted, Brown will never get in.
A couple good seasons? He has like 15,000 receiving yards!
What an incredible fall from stardom
Is CTE is viable defense in court?
Seeing as it can only be diagnosed postmortem, no.
CTE seems to be an acceptable excuse as opposed to a viable defense. There is a difference between public opinion and a court of law.
I remember Drew Rosenhaus was asked if AB is suffering from any mental illness in an interview. He replied as if it was a ridiculous question. Might not seem so ridiculous now
Ak where u at? Pls give us ur legal breakdown. (Also where can I speed to be pulled over by u, id love to have chat w u)
Nothing that some Thorazine won’t fix…
There will still be another Steelers update explaining their decision not to pursue Antonio Brown as a WR right?
Just a bad individual.
The guy isn’t even in custody and they’ve already decided to put him on house arrest until the trial? This is a very serious charge, and I question why this decision has already been made. There’s got to be more to that aspect of the story, right?
His brain cells are so fried he’s capable of doing anything including harm himself. They need to place him in a padded cell until they can determine what treatment will help.
Has not been normal since the Burfict hit, very sad
I bet there’s a lot of people that are the same way. That dude was flat out dirty and didn’t need to be. He was really good without having to do that
He changed the day he got paid, not the burfict hit….cte doesn’t happen overnight 🙄. Plus the dude is high af 24/7 for years now
I don’t know, I’m more sad for the guy this psycho was attacking
No words.
Threw his life away over what?
We have an odd legal system.
If you shoot a gun at a guy and hit him, you get the harshest (and yet still often bizarrely light) punishments we use.
If you shoot a gun at a guy and miss him, you get a few years at most.
So, the fact that your murderous intent was the same doesn’t matter, just your accuracy. We reward the incompetence of wanna be murderers who are just bad at it.
That is quite obviously absurd.
We punish outcome over process. The difference between the guy who drives 100 mph drunk and kills someone and the guy who drives 100 mph drunk and doesn’t is pretty much entirely luck. But one guy does hard time and one guy plays on Sunday.
Basing a legal system off intent isn’t easy when it’s not always clear and obvious. That, and not intending to commit a crime doesn’t absolve you of guilt.
crazy, and it’ll probably be down graded to assault with a deadly weapon. see it to many times.
He should be arrested for going to a celebrity boxing match when the “celebrities” are idiots on YouTube.
C’mon! Really? Who on this site didn’t know this was where it was gonna end? I mean the only saving grace here is that he missed.
Antonio Brown, Hall of Fame? 🤣🤣
Probably not a good look for Goodell and the NFL to have an inductee make his HOF acceptance speech from behind bars.
He could wear his Mean Machine jersey.
Statistically, he’s a first ballot. But he’ll never get in because of his off field stuff obviously.
With the behavior this guy has been displaying since his days with the Raiders, I had a feeling someday he was going to eventually cause serious harm or death to someone or himself. Well now he’s attempted to do that…hopefully he goes quietly, and we dont see him continue to spiral. Because let’s be honest, what’s next….