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One-time National Football League star Antonio Brown is traveling to Miami to address an attempted murder charge related to a gunfire that took place in May, with his counsel submitting a innocent response on his behalf.

Detention records in Essex County, New Jersey, reveal that Brown was released on Tuesday early for his relocation to Florida. Brown, among the most famous players in the National Football League, had waived transfer to Florida from New Jersey, in which he was detained after being apprehended in Dubai.

Brown’s attorney, Mark Eiglarsh, mentioned in an communication that he has already filed a formal innocent response to the murder attempt charge. Brown could be in a Miami hearing as soon as Wednesday morning for a bail proceeding, Eiglarsh stated.

Based on his apprehension warrant, Brown is accused of grabbing a pistol from a security employee after a public figure match event in May and shooting two rounds at a individual he had clashed with before. The alleged victim, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, told investigators that one of the bullets touched his neck.

Eiglarsh said that Brown was merely safeguarding himself from Nantambu.

“The measures he was compelled to take were purely in defense against the reported individual’s violent behavior. Brown was targeted that time and behaved within his lawful entitlement to safeguard himself,” Eiglarsh said.

Brown was not promptly apprehended because originally officers did not identify Nantambu as a victim. It only later in May that Nantambu provided a detailed statement about the situation to authorities and named Brown as the perpetrator, the document says.

According to his digital updates, Brown had been staying in the city of Dubai for several period. In a update after the confrontation, Brown claimed he was defending himself because he was “assaulted by several persons who tried to steal my valuables and bring personal injury to me.”

A level two murder attempt charge in Florida imposes a utmost fifteen-year incarceration penalty and up to a $10,000 penalty in the case of a finding.

Brown has dealt with numerous judicial issues over the time. He before had been charged of physical attack of a truck employee, various abuse allegations, inability to pay family payments and further occurrences.

In a recent game with his team against the opponents, Brown took off his shirt, shoulder pads and handwear and exited the field, resulting in his dismissal by the Buccaneers and virtually concluding his football tenure.

Brown, who had a dozen years in the league, was an top-tier wide receiver who passed most of his tenure with the Steelers. Throughout his professional life, Brown had over 900 grabs for above twelve thousand two hundred ninety-one gains, the twenty-eighth greatest of all time. He was a 7-time all-star pick.