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

He is being held in New Jersey pending transfer to Miami, with prosecutors citing video and witness accounts from a May 16 shooting outside a celebrity boxing event.

Overview

  • U.S. Marshals apprehended Brown in Dubai and flew him to Essex County, N.J., where he is in custody with no transfer date set for Miami-Dade County.
  • Miami authorities charge Brown with second-degree attempted murder with a deadly weapon, an offense that carries up to 15 years in prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted.
  • An arrest warrant alleges Brown grabbed a handgun from a security staffer and fired two shots at Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, who reported that a bullet grazed his neck.
  • Investigators cite surveillance and cellphone video as well as witness statements; police initially detained and released Brown at the scene when no victim was identified.
  • Brown has posted on X that he was attacked during the melee and says he is fighting to prove his innocence.