New details have emerged in the stunning saga of a former baseball pitcher who has been charged with murdering a man who was performing a service on his home.
Brian Grant, age 40, has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in the death of 61-year-old Randy Stewart. He is being held without bond.
Stewart was found dead in a North Carolina home and later identified Grant as the homeowner.
A district attorney’s office representative said the home was Grant’s second residence and that he’d been staying there for a few days. This claim was disputed by Grant’s attorney, who said he’d just arrived.
Officers were called to the residence just before 6:20pm on Wednesday after multiple neighbors called 911 to report two distinct rounds of gunfire. One neighbor claimed they saw Grant fleeing the scene.
Stewart came to the home in his work van – alongside his wife and two dogs, as he planned to go fishing after completing his work. The home in question had a keypad lock and it was secured when law enforcement arrived.
New details emerged after former baseball pitcher Brian Grant was arrested for alleged murder
A representative for the DA’s office says Grant told law enforcement that Stewart was threatening him with a knife and mentioned a Navy Seal inside the home.
Grant’s attorney says that his client cooperated with law enforcement throughout the incident, but was never questioned by police before being detained. The former MLB draft pick’s attorney does maintain that the incident was an act of self-defense.
The maximum sentence for second-degree murder in North Carolina is life in prison with no possibility of parole.
Grant was selected in the seventh round of the 2002 MLB Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays.
However, he failed to ever take to the mound in the majors leagues, instead settling for five seasons in the minors.
He pitched for two of the Blue Jays’ farm system teams – the Medicine Hat Blue Jays and the Pulaski Blue Jays. He also had a stint with the Auburn Doubledays, a former Short Season A affiliate of the Washington Nationals.
Grant registered a 4.72 ERA in 169.2 innings over the course of his career.
