Alabama men’s basketball player Darius Miles and another man have been charged with murder in connection with an early morning shooting near campus that killed a 23-year-old woman.
In a statement on Sunday, the university said Washington, D.C. junior reserve forward Miles was “excluded from the campus” and no longer with the team.
Tuscaloosa Police Capt. Jack Kennedy said a shooting occurred on the Strip on University Boulevard early Sunday morning. near campus. He said Jamea Harris of the Birmingham area was shot and killed.
Miles, 21, and Michael Lynn Davis, 20, of Charles County, Maryland, were both charged with murder. Kennedy said the cause of death was a gunshot fired at a car and he was charged with murder.
President Kennedy said at a news conference Sunday night, “At this point, it appears that the only motive was the small altercation these individuals had with their victims while they were on the Strip.
He said the driver of another vehicle in which Harris was a passenger approached campus police near Bryant-Denny Stadium around 1:45 a.m. and someone opened fire on the vehicle, which he fired back. One of the suspects sustained non-life-threatening injuries at a local hospital, but Kennedy declined to say who fired the shot or who was injured.
Kennedy said neither the other car drivers nor Harris or Davis appeared to be affiliated with the university.
Alabama announced on Saturday before the game against LSU that Miles will miss the rest of the season with an ankle injury. His bio has since been removed from the athletic department’s website.
“The University of Alabama’s top priority is the safety and well-being of our campus community,” said the university statement. ”
Miles was booked into the Tuscaloosa County Jail around 6:45 p.m. ET on Sunday, prison officials told ESPN.
so Video posted by AL.coman emotional Miles can be heard saying to someone being escorted in a law enforcement vehicle, “I swear… I love you more than you can imagine.” .
Miles has appeared in six games this season. The last time he played for his 4th-ranked Crimson Tide on December 20, 2022, he scored his two points in Alabama’s 84–64 victory over Jackson State.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
