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Antonio Brown Extradited From Dubai, Held in U.S. on Attempted Murder Charge

He is being held in New Jersey pending transfer to Miami-Dade to face a second-degree attempted murder charge.

Overview

  • U.S. Marshals apprehended the 37-year-old in Dubai and flew him to Essex County, New Jersey, with Miami police saying no date is set for his transfer to Florida.
  • An arrest warrant alleges Brown seized a security guard’s handgun and fired twice at Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu outside an Adin Ross boxing event on May 16.
  • Investigators cite cellphone and surveillance videos, witness accounts, and the victim’s statement that a bullet grazed his neck; officers recovered shell casings but no gun on Brown that night.
  • Brown was briefly detained at the scene and later left the country after the June 11 warrant; he has publicly claimed he was jumped and acted in self-defense.
  • If convicted of attempted second-degree murder with a deadly weapon, Brown faces up to 15 years in prison and a $10,000 fine, with Miami’s Crime Gun Intelligence Unit and U.S. Marshals coordinating the case.