Antonio Brown was ‘temporarily detained’ by police Saturday after an altercation in which gunshots were fired outside at a celebrity boxing event in Miami, the former NFL star announced on social media.
Miami Police Department spokesperson Kiara Delva told the USA TODAY Sports Network that Miami Police received an alert from ShotSpotter — a gunshot detection system — at approximately 3 a.m. ET Saturday. They arrived at the location the system produced and discovered an event, hosted by popular streamer Adin Ross, was being held there.
The police then initiated an investigation, which ‘included canvassing the area and interviewing several individuals.’ Delva could not confirm the names of the individuals at the scene at the time of the incident. No injured persons were located, nor were any arrests made as a result of the investigation, which is ongoing.
Video posted to social media showed Brown involved in a fight with several people. The 36-year-old could be seen jogging as he exited a garage. Gunshots can be heard off-camera near the end of the footage.
Brown claimed he was ‘jumped by multiple individuals’ who attempted to steal jewelry from him.
‘Police temporarily detained me until they received my side of the story and then released me,’ Brown wrote on social media. ‘I WENT HOME THAT NIGHT AND WAS NOT ARRESTED.’
Brown did not mention the gunshots in his statement. He did say he would try to press charges ‘on the individuals that jumped [him].’
Brown also told Ross he couldn’t remember what had happened during the incident in a livestream shortly after it occurred.
‘Yeah I got CTE, I blacked out,’ Brown said. ‘I blacked out, Adin. I don’t know what happened.’
Brown last played in the NFL in 2021 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played a total of 12 NFL seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers, New England Patriots and Buccaneers.
