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. Friends of 54-year-old Walt 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 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 physical fight in a Hillsborough County dog park in 2024.