Former NFL star wide receiver Antonio Brown is wanted by Miami-Dade County police after an incident at a boxing event in Miami last month.
The warrant, reported initially by The Washington Post, lists a charge of attempted murder with a gun and calls for Brown to post a $10,000 bond and remain under house arrest pending trial.
Antonio Brown is reportedly wanted on an attempted murder charge related to a shooting outside a celebrity boxing event in Miami last month. https://t.co/reeFt2Kjg7
— KDKA (@KDKA) June 13, 2025
The incident in question happened last month at a boxing event, where Brown is accused of shooting at a celebrity, according to reports.
Per the arrest warrant: Antonio Brown allegedly punched a man, then appeared to grab a security guard’s gun and fire two shots as he ran toward the man. The victim said he was grazed in the neck. Surveillance and cellphone video appear to capture the altercation.
Brown was… https://t.co/jRLYAxBzl4 pic.twitter.com/tOw8TVobsP
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) June 13, 2025
A Miami Police Department spokesman previously told reporters at the time of the incident the department received an alert of shots fired at around 3 a.m. May 17.
Police initiated an investigation. No arrests were made and no one was injured, the spokesman said at the time.
However, after further investigation, police are now questioning Brown’s claim that he was “jumped” by another man at the time.
And video from social media may indeed prove that Brown’s claim is a lie.
Antonio Brown got jumped 😳 pic.twitter.com/lxsg1D8uhB
— LakeShowYo (@LakeShowYo) May 17, 2025
#News – Ex-NFL star Antonio Brown was arrested following an altercation that led to gunshots—allegedly fired by Brown—outside Adin Ross’s boxing event last night. He was released shortly after and appeared on Adin Ross’s stream😳| #ONLYinDADE pic.twitter.com/CdDNjdE6vD
— ONLY in DADE (@ONLYinDADE) May 17, 2025
Brown was seen fighting with several people on a video posted to social media, and gunshots could clearly be heard after the altercation. Brown posted an explanation to social media the following day.
“I was jumped by multiple individuals who tried to steal my jewelry and cause physical harm to me,” he wrote on his X account. “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.”
According to the warrant, witnesses told police officers that Brown was the shooter, and two shell casings were found at the scene. Brown was unarmed at the time he was detained, but the man he allegedly punched during the altercation told police that Brown “began to run toward him with a firearm” after the fight had already been broken up and shot at him twice.
The man identified Brown on surveillance footage and also said he has known him since 2022.
This is the latest in a string of on- and off-field incidents involving Brown.
In June 2020, he pleaded no contest to a felony burglary with battery charge and two lesser misdemeanor charges related to an incident with a moving truck company outside his home. He served no jail time but received two years of probation and 100 hours of community service as part of the plea, according to ESPN.
Brown ended his playing career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, signing with them in October 2020 and winning his first Super Bowl.
However, he’s remembered for walking off the field in the middle of a game in 2021, effectively ending his career in Tampa and the NFL.