MIAMI — A man who was allegedly shot at last year by former NFL player Antonio Brown in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood no longer wants to participate in the prosecution of the controversial ex-wide receiver, ESPN reported Wednesday.
Still, it’s unclear whether the state will decide to drop the second-degree attempted murder case.
According to ESPN, an attorney representing the alleged victim, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, said his client “forgives” Brown and “does not wish to participate” in his prosecution.
“For Mr. Nantambu, forgiveness does not diminish the seriousness of what occurred,” attorney Richard L. Cooper said in a statement to the sports outlet. “It means refusing to allow anger or resentment to dictate how he moves forward.”
Brown’s attorney, Mark Eiglarsh, told ESPN he and Brown now hope that the state will grant his motion to dismiss the case.
Eiglarsh has previously asked the judge overseeing the case to dismiss the attempted murder charge against Brown, citing Florida’s Stand Your Ground law, saying his client acted in self-defense during the violent confrontation outside an underground boxing event on May 16, 2025.
Eiglarsh also claimed that Nantambu has a documented history of violence toward Brown and intended to attack him again during last year’s incident.
Surveillance video obtained by Local 10 News shows the moments leading up to the shooting just before midnight.
In footage from a courtyard parking area around 11:55 p.m., Brown is seen punching a man, triggering a fight that draws in multiple people. The video shows the confrontation escalating into a three-on-one situation against the man before security intervenes. Brown can then be seen kicking a security guard as the scene is broken up.
Additional surveillance video from a nearby garage shows the man re-entering the camera’s view moments later. Authorities allege that at this point Brown retrieved a gun from a vehicle parked nearby. As the man is pushed away from the area, Brown is seen jogging toward the corner, allegedly holding a gun. At approximately 11:56 p.m., people in the video react as gunshots are heard.
Roughly a minute later, Brown is seen walking back into the area, followed by security guards with their weapons drawn. By 11:58 p.m., Brown is escorted out in handcuffs.
Police body camera footage from the scene shows officers telling Brown he was being detained, not arrested. In the video, Brown says he was injured after being pulled by security and insists he did nothing wrong.
Brown was not arrested the night of the incident because police said they were unable to locate a victim at the scene. An arrest warrant was issued the following month, in June, while Brown was in Dubai. U.S. Marshals later took him into custody overseas and returned him to Miami-Dade County.
According to the arrest warrant, Nantambu told investigators that bullets allegedly fired by Brown grazed his neck. Brown’s attorney maintains Nantambu has a history of attacking Brown and posed an imminent threat during the May 2025 confrontation, forming the basis of the self-defense claim.
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