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Florida man accused of hate crime in deadly shooting of gay man claims self-defense [View all]
Source: AP
Updated 12:13 PM CST, December 7, 2024
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man accused of a hate crime for killing a gay man is asking a judge to dismiss the charges, saying he acted in self-defense.
Gerald Radford testified on Friday that he feared for his own life when he shot John “Walt” Lay at a Tampa dog park on Feb. 2.
Local news outlets report Radford testified that Lay repeatedly hit him in the face just before the shooting.
“I don’t know if I told him to stop or not, but he wasn’t stopping,” Radford testified in a hearing before Hillsborough Circuit Judge Samantha Ward.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/florida-tampa-dog-park-shooting-gay-hate-f87b898ace55291e894f26feb0346071
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