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One-time NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown is traveling to Miami to face an attempted murder charge connected with a gunfire that took place in May, with his counsel filing a innocent response on his behalf.

Correctional records in Essex County, New Jersey, show that Brown was released on Tuesday morning for his move to Florida. Brown, a highly popular figures in the National Football League, had forgone extradition to Florida from New Jersey, where he was taken after being taken into custody in the city of Dubai.

Brown’s lawyer, Mark Eiglarsh, stated in an communication that he has previously filed a formal not guilty plea to the murder attempt accusation. Brown could be in a Miami hearing as soon as Wednesday early for a bail session, Eiglarsh said.

As per his arrest order, Brown is alleged of taking a handgun from a security staffer after a celebrity match event in May and shooting multiple bullets at a man he had clashed with earlier. The reported target, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, told police that a bullet touched his nape.

Eiglarsh said that Brown was simply safeguarding himself from Nantambu.

“The measures he was obliged to take were solely in self-defense against the alleged person’s hostile conduct. Brown was assaulted that time and acted within his legal right to safeguard himself,” Eiglarsh said.

Brown was not immediately detained because at first police did not identify Nantambu as a affected party. It only later in May that Nantambu gave a complete testimony about the incident to police and named Brown as the shooter, the report states.

From his online posts, Brown had been staying in Dubai for a number of months. In a message after the confrontation, Brown said he was defending himself because he was “jumped by numerous persons who sought to rob my possessions and bring bodily injury to me.”

A category two murder attempt charge in Florida imposes a maximum fifteen-year jail sentence and up to a $10,000 fee in the case of a guilty verdict.

Brown has dealt with multiple court problems over the period. He previously had been charged of physical attack of a vehicle employee, several family violence charges, neglect to pay child support and other incidents.

Throughout a 2021 game with the Buccaneers against the Jets, Brown removed his uniform, protective gear and gloves and ran off the field, resulting in his termination by the Buccaneers and effectively halting his NFL journey.

Brown, who spent a dozen years in the league, was an elite receiver who passed the majority of his time with his team. For his time, Brown had over 900 catches for more than twelve thousand two hundred ninety-one yards, the 28th highest of all time. He was a multiple-time Pro Bowl selection.