“He said, ‘I’m going to hit that guy, I’m going to break his jaw,‘” Genovese recalled during the second day of testimony in Radford’s murder trial. He said Radford told him that when he saw Lay, he liked to walk up on him quickly “to try and scare him.”

Throughout the trial, attorneys argued that Gerald Declan Radford acted in self-defense when he shot and killed John 'Walter' Lay.

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.

The man accused of murder in the shooting death of a gay man at a Tampa dog park last year was acquitted Thursday. After deliberating for about 2 1/2 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.

A Hillsborough County jury found Gerald Declan Radford not guilty for the shooting of a gay man at a Tampa dog park last year.

Attorneys for Gerald Declan Radford will begin presenting their case in a Tampa courtroom on Thursday as Radford stands trial for murder one year after a deadly shooting at a dog park.

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.

The second-degree murder trial of Gerald Declan Radford got underway at the Hillsborough County courthouse today.

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. Aaron Mesmer reports