Witnesses in Tampa dog park murder trial say shooter said he wanted to kill, harm victim
“He said, ‘I’m going to hit that guy, I’m going to break his jaw,‘” Genovese recalled during the second day of testimony in Radford’s murder trial. He said Radford told him that when he saw Lay, he liked to walk up on him quickly “to try and scare him.”
FL v. Gerald Radford: Dog Park Murder Trial
A Florida man was found not guilty of second-degree murder after a fatal shooting at a Tampa dog park. Gerald Radford testifies in his own defense during a stand-your-ground hearing in Tampa. (Court TV) A jury acquitted Gerald Declan Radford of second-degree murder in the shooting death of 52-year-old John Walter Lay.
Dog Park shooting trial: Tampa jury decides fate of man accused in murder case
A Tampa jury found Gerald Declan Radford not guilty in the deadly shooting at a dog park after just two hours of deliberations. The verdict comes nearly one year after the murder.
Jury finds Tampa dog park shooter not guilty
After deliberating for about 2½ hours, a six-person jury found that Gerald Declan Radford did not commit second-degree murder when he shot John Walter Lay at the West Dog Park last year. Prosecutors had also sought a hate crime enhancement, arguing Radford was motivated to shoot Lay because he was gay.
Man found not guilty of murder of gay man in dog park murder trial
A Hillsborough County jury found Gerald Declan Radford not guilty for the shooting of a gay man at a Tampa dog park last year.
Dog park shooting trial: Day 2 of testimony Wednesday
Testimony resumed in a Tampa courtroom on Wednesday in the trial of Gerald Declan Radford, who's accused of targeting and killing another man at a dog park because he was gay.
Physical evidence not matching shooter’s story in Hillsborough dog park murder trial
Gerald Radford was accused of killing John “Walt” Lay in a Hillsborough County dog park after the two men were involved in a physical fight.
Trial for man charged with murder at Florida dog park begins
The second-degree murder trial of Gerald Declan Radford got underway at the Hillsborough County courthouse today.
Gerald Radford found not guilty in dog park death
A Tampa jury found Gerald Declan Radford not guilty in the deadly shooting at a dog park after just two hours of deliberations. The verdict comes nearly one year after the murder. Aaron Mesmer reports
Jurors hear testimony in first day of Tampa dog park murder trial
The hostility between a gay man and the defendant charged with his murder, prosecutors say, started with a request to go out for a beer. Gerald Radford and John Walter Lay had been friends for a while,
Gerald Radford found not guilty in dog park shooting
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Jury delivers verdict for Tampa man accused of gay hate crime in deadly dog park shooting
Throughout the trial, attorneys argued that Gerald Declan Radford acted in self-defense when he shot and killed John 'Walter' ...