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Former NFL star Antonio Brown is traveling to Miami to face an murder attempt charge connected with a gunfire that took place in May, as his lawyer submitting a innocent response on his behalf.

Correctional records in Essex County, New Jersey, reveal that Brown was released on Tuesday morning for his move to Florida. Brown, a highly popular figures in the NFL, had waived transfer to Florida from New Jersey, in which he was taken after being apprehended in Dubai.

Brown’s lawyer, Mark Eiglarsh, stated in an email that he has previously filed a documented innocent declaration to the attempted murder allegation. Brown could be in a Miami hearing as early as Wednesday morning for a bond hearing, Eiglarsh added.

As per his apprehension order, Brown is accused of seizing a firearm from a safety employee after a star fighting event in May and shooting multiple rounds at a individual he had clashed with before. The claimed target, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, stated to police that one of the bullets touched his nape.

Eiglarsh said that Brown was simply safeguarding himself from Nantambu.

“The measures he was obliged to take were purely in self-defense against the alleged victim’s aggressive conduct. Brown was targeted that night and acted within his lawful entitlement to safeguard himself,” Eiglarsh stated.

Brown was not right away apprehended because at first authorities did not identify Nantambu as a victim. It only subsequently in May that Nantambu provided a complete account about the event to police and pointed out Brown as the perpetrator, the affidavit says.

According to his online content, Brown had been staying in the city of Dubai for several period. In a post after the incident, Brown stated he was defending himself because he was “assaulted by several people who attempted to take my jewelry and bring personal damage to me.”

A second-degree murder attempt allegation in Florida imposes a highest 15-year prison term and up to a $10,000 fee in the event of a conviction.

Brown has dealt with multiple legal issues over the period. He before had been alleged of physical attack of a truck driver, multiple family violence charges, failure to pay child support and additional incidents.

In a recent match with Tampa Bay against the New York Jets, Brown took off his shirt, shoulder pads and handwear and left the field, leading to his release by the franchise and virtually concluding his football tenure.

Brown, who completed a dozen years in the league, was an All-Pro player who passed most of his career with his team. For his professional life, Brown had 928 grabs for over twelve thousand two hundred ninety-one distance, the twenty-eighth most of record. He was a multiple-time all-star selection.