1 day ago · One day last 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 ...

2 days ago · TAMPA, Florida — Opening statements began Tuesday in a case involving a deadly shooting at Tampa’s West Dog Park one year ago this week. Gerald Declan Radford is on trial for the death of John ...

3 days ago · The trial of Gerald Radford began Tuesday morning with opening statements, followed by testimony. Radford is charged with second-degree murder and a hate crime enhancement for the Feb. 2024 shooting death of John Walter Lay. He faces 25 years to life in prison if convicted. TAMPA, Fla. - The trial ...

1 day ago · TAMPA, Fla. (Scripps News Tampa/Court TV) — A Florida man is standing trial for a fatal shooting at a Tampa dog park. ... Gerald Declan Radford is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of 52-year-old John Walter Lay. Prosecutors are seeking additional hate-crime penalties if Radford is convicted at trial.

4 days ago · TAMPA, Fla. — The trial of the man charged with murder in connection with a shooting at a Tampa dog park is set to begin Monday. Gerald Declan Radford is charged with murdering a gay man at a ...

3 days ago · As Tampa's courtroom drama unfolds, Gerald Radford stands accused of a crime that resonates with the fears of a community - the fatal shooting of John Walter Lay at a local dog park, a case tinged ...

Dec 6, 2024 · TAMPA — For 10 months, the world has heard that Gerald Declan Radford shot and killed John Walter Lay because he was gay. On Friday, Radford spoke publicly for the first time and said that wasn’t...

Dec 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 …

Mar 18, 2024 · Gerald Declan Radford was arrested and charged with second-degree murder more than a month after the shooting that left John Walter Lay dead. Friends of both men told the Tampa Bay Times that...

Gerald Declan Radford, 65, was charged for the murder of John Walter Lay in Tampa last month, in what prosecutors are calling a hate crime.