{"id":56742,"date":"2025-06-18T02:55:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T02:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56742"},"modified":"2025-06-18T02:55:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T02:55:58","slug":"breaking-antonio-browns-attempted-m-u-r-d-e-r-charge-takes-unexpected-turn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56742","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Antonio Brown\u2019s \u2018Attempted M.u.r.d.e.r Charge\u2019 Takes Unexpected Turn.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Antonio-Brown2-e1750195155618.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Antonio-Brown2-e1750195155618.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Antonio-Brown2-e1750195155618.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Antonio-Brown2-e1750195155618.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Antonio Brown with Steelers.\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"738\" data-dom-ready-time=\"798\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">Former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown in 2018.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0wide receiver Antonio Brown has been at the forefront of\u00a0yet another serious legal situation\u00a0in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>On June 13,\u00a0the Associated Press reported\u00a0that \u201cAntonio Brown is facing an attempted murder charge stemming from a shooting that took place during an altercation outside an amateur boxing event in Miami, according to an arrest warrant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrown, 36, is accused of grabbing a handgun from a security staffer and firing two shots at a man he had gotten into a fistfight with earlier,\u201d AP News reporter Curt Anderson noted. \u201cThe victim, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, told investigators one of the bullets grazed his neck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brown was \u201cbriefly detained by police\u201d on May 17, the date of the incident, but was released (per the Associated Press and ESPN).<\/p>\n<p>Since June 13, however, this legal drama has taken an unexpected turn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDays after authorities in Miami issued an arrest warrant for Antonio Brown, the former\u00a0NFL\u00a0star has been traveling in the Middle East \u2014 but police don\u2019t consider him on the run,\u201d\u00a0the Miami Herald reported in a June 17 update.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn an Instagram post this weekend, Brown said he was in Iran, although the Herald\u2019s review of his latest posts show he has been in Dubai, United Arab Emirates,\u201d the Miami Herald report continued. \u201cIn one photo, Brown is posing in front of a Buka Boxing banner; in a now-deleted video, he\u2019s seen in what appears to be a red McLaren Artura at Masterkey Rent A Car. Both locations trace back to Dubai.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Miami Herald added that \u201cMiami Police Chief Manny Morales on Monday afternoon told the Miami Herald that detectives believe Brown is still in Dubai, have been in contact with his attorney and expect him to be taken into custody once he returns to South Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Antonio Brown Sounds Off on Media Narratives After News of Arrest Warrant Surfaces<\/h2>\n<p>Brown spoke out on these charges \u2014 as well as the original altercation \u2014 multiple times on the social media app, X.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently on June 15,\u00a0he said: \u201cHow TF [the expletive] You go from being victimized unto a attempt to murder, you see they control the media. Took a month to change the narrative. A year or 2 them dragging the narrative. Attempt to murder, you see. They only want 3 types of [expletive] In America in jail dead or dead broke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier that day, Brown also\u00a0shared a quote\u00a0from Malcolm X, which read: \u201cThe media is the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that\u2019s power. Because they control the minds of the masses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finally, after the event in question on May 17, Brown\u00a0wrote the following message on X: \u201cRegarding the boxing event that happened last night. I was jumped by multiple individuals who tried to steal my jewelry and cause physical harm to me. 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. I will be talking to my legal council and attorneys on pressing charges on the individuals that jumped me. [And] I will keep you all posted step-by-step on the process. Thank you for the support and love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brown also\u00a0shared a video\u00a0captioned \u201c#lovefromthemiddleeast\u201d on June 13.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"ql-video\" src=\"https:\/\/video.twimg.com\/amplify_video\/1933578525103050753\/vid\/avc1\/364x640\/tAqV-dywGJbgsB8a.mp4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>What\u2019s Next for Former Steelers WR Antonio Brown?<\/h2>\n<p>There is no reason to believe that Brown will remain overseas at this time, and the Miami Herald reported a direct quote from Chief Morales, who said: \u201cWe\u2019re not going to be sending anybody there [to the Middle East].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, presumably, authorities will simply await Brown\u2019s return.<\/p>\n<p>Per the\u00a0Miami Herald report, Brown\u2019s \u201cseven-page warrant seeks to apprehend him, as signed by Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Ariel Rodriguez on June 11, and lists Brown\u2019s bond as $10,000 plus house arrest.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown in 2018. Former\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0wide receiver Antonio Brown has been at the forefront of\u00a0yet another serious legal situation\u00a0in recent weeks&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Antonio Brown\u2019s \u2018Attempted M.u.r.d.e.r Charge\u2019 Takes Unexpected Turn.. - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56742\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Antonio Brown\u2019s \u2018Attempted M.u.r.d.e.r Charge\u2019 Takes Unexpected Turn.. - 24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Getty Former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown in 2018. 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