Tuscaloosa police testified Tuesday that star Alabama freshman Brandon Miller delivered the gun used in a shooting that killed Jamea Harris on Jan. 15.
Former Alabama player Darius Miles and another man, Michael Davis, are facing capital murder charges for the shooting. Miles was removed from the team after he was arrested. Davis is accused of shooting Harris while Miles has admitted in court records to giving Davis the gun for the shooting.
Miller has not been charged with a crime for allegedly bringing Miles the gun. Miller has played in all 27 games for No. 2 Alabama and is the team’s leading scorer with nearly 19 points per game. He’s projected to be a likely lottery pick in the 2023 NBA draft.
Per Al.com, police said in a preliminary hearing that Miles sent Miller a text message to bring Miles’ gun to where the shooting took place. Miller’s car was hit twice by gunfire during the shooting.
Miles texted Miller to bring his gun to where they were, according to police.
When Miller got to the scene, Miles told Davis, “The heat is in the hat.” Det. Brandon Culpepper said that meant a gun was present.
Miles added, “There’s one in the head.” That, Culpepper said, meant a round was in the chamber.
Miles moved his girlfriend back to get her out of line of fire, Culpepper added.
The Tuscaloosa police chief told Al.com that Miller isn’t facing charges because “there’s nothing we could charge him with according to the law.”
Alabama coach Nate Oats was asked about the police testimony Tuesday and said that Alabama’s basketball program had known about Miller’s alleged presence since the shooting happened and had cooperated with police.
“It’s sad. We knew about that — can’t control everything anybody does outside of practice,” Oats said. “Nobody knew that was going to happen. College kids are out, Brandon hasn’t been in any type of trouble or is in any type of trouble in this case. Wrong spot at the wrong time.”
Here’s Alabama coach Nate Oats’ complete answer when asked about Brandon Miller being at the scene of the fatal shooting on the Strip in January that resulted in the arrest of Darius Miles and Michael Davis pic.twitter.com/jF3QEPFrBZ
— Nick Kelly (@_NickKelly) February 21, 2023
The shooting happened near the Alabama campus and school police discovered Harris dead inside a vehicle near the Walk of Champions by Bryant-Denny Stadium. She had allegedly been driven there by her boyfriend after the shooting. Harris’ mother has previously told Al.com the shooting happened after she told Miles and Davis she had a boyfriend and was not interested.
Miles’ attorneys have said their client is innocent and “looks forward to his day in court.” The junior had appeared in six games and averaged 1.5 points per game. He was ruled out for the season with an ankle injury before the shooting.
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