Man cleared in Alabama shooting of NFL player’s brother

Published January 28, 2022 6:05 PM

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A 24-year-old man has been acquitted of fatally shooting the brother of an NFL football player in 2019. Al.com reports after two days of deliberation, a Jefferson County jury on Friday decided Darrius Frazier fired in self-defense when he killed 27-year-old Gjamal Antonio Rodriguez and wounded Rodriguez’s girlfriend, Dedria Johnson, more than two years ago. Rodriguez was the brother of NFL lineman Mario Addison, who plays for the Buffalo Bills.

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