Alabama basketball player Darius Miles charged with capital murder following shooting near campus

Alabama basketball participant Darius Miles and one other man have been charged with capital homicide after a deadly taking pictures close to campus.

Tuscaloosa Police Capt. Jack Kennedy stated that the taking pictures occurred early Sunday morning within the Strip off University Blvd. close to campus. He stated Jamea Harris, 23, of the Birmingham space was shot and killed.

Miles, 21, a junior reserve ahead from Washington, D.C., and Michael Lynn Davis, 20, of Charles County, Maryland, had been each charged with capital homicide. The capital homicide cost arose as a result of the demise concerned pictures fired right into a automobile, Kennedy stated.

“At this time, it appears that the only motive was a minor altercation that these individuals had with the victim as they were out on The Strip,” Kennedy stated in a news convention Sunday night. They did not have a earlier relationship, he stated.

He stated the driving force of one other automobile, during which Harris was a passenger, approached campus police close to Bryant-Denny Stadium at about 1:45 a.m. saying that somebody had shot into the automobile, and he fired again. One of the suspects was handled for non-life-threatening accidents at a neighborhood hospital, and Kennedy declined to reveal who fired the gun or who was harm.

An emotional Miles spoke to somebody as he was being ushered right into a regulation enforcement automobile: “I swear I love you more than you can imagine.”

Miles was a reserve on the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide workforce. Alabama had introduced earlier than Saturday’s recreation in opposition to LSU that he was out for the season with an ankle damage. His bio has been faraway from the athletic division web site and the college stated that he “has been removed from campus” and is not on the workforce.

“The University of Alabama’s utmost priority is the safety and well-being of the campus community,” a college assertion stated. “We are grieved by the incident that occurred near campus last night and extend our deepest condolences to the victim’s family and friends.”

Neither the driving force of the opposite automobile nor Harris nor Davis seemed to be affiliated with the college, Kennedy stated.