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 left a 23-year-old woman dead.
Miles was taken into the Tuscaloosa County Jail around 6:45 p.m. ET Sunday, a prison official told ESPN. In a statement on Sunday, the university said that Miles, a junior reserve striker from Washington, DC, is no longer on the team.
Tuscaloosa Police Captain Jack Kennedy said the shooting happened early Sunday morning on the Strip off University Blvd. near campus. He said Jamea Harris of the Birmingham area was shot dead.
Miles, 21, and Michael Lynn Davis, 20, of Charles County, Maryland, have both been charged with murder. Kennedy said the murder charge originally arose because the death involved shooting a vehicle.
“At this point, it appears that the sole motive is a small altercation that these individuals had with the victim while they were hanging out on the Strip,” Kennedy said at a press conference Sunday night.
He said the driver of another vehicle, of which Harris was a passenger, went to campus police near Bryant-Denny Stadium around 1:45 a.m. and said someone had shot at the vehicle, and he shot back. One of the suspects was treated for a non-life-threatening injury at a local hospital, and Kennedy declined to say who opened fire or who was injured.
Kennedy said neither the driver of the other vehicle, Harris nor Davis appeared to be affiliated with the university.
On Saturday, Alabama announced ahead of the game against LSU that Miles would miss the rest of the season because of an ankle injury. His bio was removed from the athletic department’s website, and the university’s statement said he was “removed from campus.”
“The University of Alabama’s top priority is the safety and well-being of the campus community,” the statement read. “We are deeply saddened by the incident that occurred near campus last night and offer our deepest condolences to the victim’s family and friends.”
in one video posted by AL.comMiles can be heard emotional saying, “I swear… I love you more than you can imagine” to someone as he is being escorted to a law enforcement vehicle.
Miles has been in six games this season. The last time he played for fourth-placed team Crimson Tide, on December 20, 2022, he scored two points in Alabama’s 84-64 win over Jackson State.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
