6 days ago · 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.

5 days ago · A jury decided the fate of Gerald Radford after closing arguments wrapped up in a Tampa courtroom on Thursday. He was charged with second-degree murder in the February 2024 shooting death of John Walter Lay at a dog park near Tampa. Radford claimed he shot Lay in self-defense during a struggle ...

4 days ago · TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Hillsborough County jury found Gerald Radford not guilty of the murder of John ” Walt” Lay on Thursday. Radford shot and killed Lay as the two men were engaged in a ...

6 days ago · A jury acquitted Gerald Declan Radford of second-degree murder in the shooting death of 52-year-old John Walter Lay. Prosecutors had sought additional hate-crime penalties if Radford was convicted at trial. At a “Stand Your Ground” hearing in December, Radford testified he feared for his own life when he shot Lay.At the same hearing, several witnesses testified that Radford harassed Lay ...

5 days ago · TAMPA, Fla. — A man accused of shooting and killing another man in a gay hate crime at a Tampa dog park has been found not guilty on all counts. Gerald Declan Radford was on trial for the death ...

6 days ago · TAMPA, Fla. — A Hillsborough County jury found Gerald Declan Radford not guilty for the shooting of a gay man at a Tampa dog park last year. Radford was charged with second-degree murder for the ...

Feb 4, 2025 · - The trial of a man accused of targeting and killing another man at a dog park because he was gay began in a Tampa courtroom on Tuesday. Gerald Declan Radford, who is now 66, is charged with second-degree murder and a hate crime enhancement for the Feb. 2024 shooting death of John Walter Lay.

6 days ago · TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The state has rested its case in the West Dog Park murder trial. Gerald Radford was accused of killing John “Walt” Lay in a Hillsborough County dog park after the two ...

Nov 21, 2024 · An attorney for the suspect in the fatal shooting of a gay man at a Tampa dog park has filed a motion arguing that text messages the alleged victim sent before the shooting bolster the...

5 days ago · TAMPA, Fla. — 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 ...