Harassment in Tampa dog park escalates to deadly shooting
TAMPA, Florida – The day before John Walter Lay was fatally shot at his favorite dog park in Tampa, he recorded a video. The video was a consequence of a confrontation Lay had with a man who had reportedly been harassing him for months, using homophobic slurs and making threats. According to Lay’s friends and family, the man approached him in the park, yelling, “You’re going to die,” before Lay asked the man to leave …