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.
‘I was speechless’: Friends react to verdict in Hillsborough dog park murder trial
Radford shot and killed Lay as the two men were engaged in a physical fight in a Hillsborough County dog park in 2024. A day after the trial came to an end, Lay’s friends expressed shock over the verdict.
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.
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.
Tampa Dog Park Shooter Found Not Guilty In Death Of Gay Man: Reports
The suspect accused of a hate crime in the fatal shooting of a gay man at a Tampa dog park was found not guilty of murder, reports said.
Jury delivers verdict in deadly dog park shooting trial
Throughout the trial, attorneys argued that Gerald Declan Radford acted in self-defense when he shot and killed John 'Walter' Lay.
"Nobody wins, everybody loses" said witness in Tampa dog park murder trial
We’re listening to the reaction following a not-guilty verdict in the Tampa dog park shooting. Witnesses who testified in the trial of Gerald Declan Radford are speaking out.
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.
Jurors hear testimony in first day of Tampa dog park murder trial
Gerald Radford’s hostility toward John Walter Lay was sparked by Lay asking him out for a beer, a prosecutor said Tuesday during an opening statement.
Witnesses in Tampa dog park murder trial say shooter said he wanted to kill, harm victim
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.
Tampa dog park shooting defendant rejects plea deal, trial to begin this week
Gerald Radford rejected a plea deal that would have sent him to prison for 15 years for the death of John Lay.
'He had no other choice but to defend himself,' defense wins case in dog park shooter trial
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