FLORIDA — United States Marshals confirmed on Thursday evening former NFL standout wide receiver Antonio Brown has been returned to the United States from Dubai to face an attempted murder charge.
Brown has been arrested on an attempted murder charge stemming from a shooting after a celebrity boxing event in Miami.
Police confirmed Thursday that 37-year-old Brown was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals in Dubai.
Police spokesman Mike Vega said Brown was initially flown to Essex County, New Jersey, where he's being held pending extradition to Miami.
Reporter Ian Rapoport said on X Brown appeared before a judge on Friday and executed a waiver of extradition. He will be transported back to the Essex County Jail until he is picked up by Florida authorities.
An arrest warrant says Brown is accused of grabbing a handgun from a security staffer and firing two shots at a man he had gotten into a fistfight with after the amateur boxing event in May. It was unclear from court documents whether Brown has an attorney.
A second-degree attempted murder charge carries a maximum 15-year prison sentence and up to a $10,000 fine in the event of a conviction.
Brown, who spent 12 years in the NFL, was an All-Pro wide receiver who last played in 2021 for Tampa Bay but spent most of his career with Pittsburgh. For his career, Brown had 928 receptions for more than 12,000 yards and 83 touchdowns.
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