A fatal shooting riles a Tampa dog park. Was it self-defense or more sinister?
The day before a man fatally shot John Walter Lay in his favorite Tampa dog park, Lay stood in the park and recorded a video. He had just had a run-in with a man who, according to Lay’s friends and family, had been harassing him at the park for months, hurling homophobic slurs and threatening him. Standing near one of the park’s towering trees, the morning sun shining on his face, Lay talked ...