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.

The fate of Gerald Declan Radford is in the hands of a Tampa jury, as Radford stands trial for murder one year after a deadly shooting at a dog park.

A Tampa jury found Gerald Declan Radford not guilty in the deadly shooting at a dog park after just two hours of deliberations. Gerald Radford could be seen in court getting emotional after the verdict was read.

February, William Genovese ran into Gerald Radford at the West Dog Park in Tampa. The two men got to talking about some other people they knew at the park, Genovese recalled Wednesday from the witness stand of a Tampa courtroom.