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. Prosecutors had also sought a hate crime enhancement, arguing Radford was motivated to shoot Lay because he was gay.

A jury acquitted Gerald Radford of second-degree murder one year after a deadly shooting at a Hillsborough County dog park. FOX 13’s Evyn Moon has a look at reaction to the verdict.

Closing arguments are getting underway in the trial of Gerald Declan Radford in a Tampa courtroom on Thursday, as Radford stands trial for murder one year after a deadly shooting at a dog park.