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One-time National Football League player Antonio Brown is heading to Miami to address an murder attempt charge stemming from a shooting that happened in May, with his attorney filing a not guilty response on his behalf.

Jail documents in Essex, New Jersey, show that Brown was freed on Tuesday morning for his relocation to the state of Florida. Brown, among the most famous players in the NFL, had relinquished extradition to Florida from New Jersey, in which he was taken after being taken into custody in the city of Dubai.

Brown’s lawyer, Mark Eiglarsh, said in an communication that he has earlier submitted a written innocent response to the attempted murder charge. Brown could be in a Miami courtroom as soon as Wednesday morning for a release proceeding, Eiglarsh added.

According to his detention warrant, Brown is alleged of seizing a handgun from a protection guard after a star fighting contest in May and discharging a couple of shots at a man he had fought with previously. The alleged target, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, informed investigators that a bullet scraped his neck.

Eiglarsh stated that Brown was merely protecting himself from Nantambu.

“The steps he was forced to take were exclusively in self-protection against the alleged individual’s hostile conduct. Brown was targeted that night and responded within his lawful privilege to safeguard himself,” Eiglarsh commented.

Brown was not right away arrested because at first authorities did not identify Nantambu as a victim. It not until later in May that Nantambu delivered a full statement about the event to police and named Brown as the shooter, the document indicates.

According to his social media posts, Brown had been residing in Dubai for a number of period. In a post after the incident, Brown claimed he was protecting himself because he was “attacked by several individuals who sought to take my valuables and inflict physical damage to me.”

A second-degree murder attempt accusation in Florida bears a highest 15-year incarceration term and up to a $10,000 fee in the case of a conviction.

Brown has encountered several legal issues over the period. He before had been alleged of battery of a delivery driver, various abuse accusations, inability to pay parental support and further occurrences.

Throughout a recent game with his team against the Jets, Brown took off his uniform, shoulder pads and gloves and ran off the stadium, leading to his release by the Buccaneers and effectively concluding his professional career.

Brown, who completed a dozen years in the National Football League, was an elite player who spent the bulk of his time with Pittsburgh. For his career, Brown had 928 receptions for more than 12,291 distance, the 28th most of all time. He was a multiple-time Pro Bowl pick.