A warrant has been issued for the arrest of former NFL All-Pro wide receiver Antonio Brown in Miami-Dade County (Florida), according to a report.
The warrant, first reported by the Washington Post, was signed by a judge on June 11. It lists a charge of attempted murder with a firearm stemming from an incident outside of a May 16 boxing event in Miami.
Brown and his representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment from USA TODAY Sports.
Brown was temporarily detained after an altercation in which gunshots were fired outside of the event hosted by streamer Adin Ross. Video posted to social media allegedly showed Brown fighting with several people and later jogging out of a garage. Gunshots can be heard near the end of the video.
Brown posted an explanation of what happened on X on May 17.
‘I was jumped by multiple individuals who tried to steal my jewelry and cause physical harm to me,’ Brown wrote in part. ‘Contrary to some video circulating, Police temporarily detained me until they received my side of the story and then released me. I WENT HOME THAT NIGHT AND WAS NOT ARRESTED [sic].’
He did not mention gunshots in that statement but said he was discussing ‘pressing charges on the individuals that jumped me’ with his attorneys.
In a livestream a few days later, Brown told Ross he could not remember what happened in that altercation.
‘Yeah I got CTE, I blacked out,’ Brown said. ‘I blacked out, Adin. I don’t know what happened.’
The warrant, the Post reports, details that officers responded to gunshots in the area. An off-duty officer at the venue who was working security stated that he observed Brown in an altercation after being told about the gunshots.
Patrons in the parking lot outside the venue identified Brown as the shooter to officers, according to the warrant, but Brown did not have a weapon when officers patted him down. Detectives later obtained video that appeared to show Brown getting in a physical altercation with another man and later appearing to take a security officer’s gun and running at the man.
Cell phone video shows Brown approaching the victim and the victim ducking gun shots, according to the warrant.
Brown was arrested in Broward County, Florida, in October 2023 for allegedly failing to pay child support.
Brown spent 12 seasons in the NFL: nine with the Pittsburgh Steelers, one with the New England Patriots and two with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Steelers traded Brown to the Las Vegas Raiders but he was released before playing a down with the team and later signed with the Patriots.
(This story was updated to include new video.)
