A former University of Alabama basketball player has been accused of shooting and killing a 23-year-old woman. Yesterday (Jan. 15), Darius Miles, 21, and Michael Lynn Davis, 20, were arrested and charged with capital murder for the death of Jamea Jonae Harris. The victim was fatally shot early Sunday morning in Tuscaloosa’s The Strip neighborhood. Authorities were called to the Walk of Champions at Bryant Denny Stadium at about 1:45 a.m. after an unidentified individual appeared from inside a vehicle with Harris in the passenger seat.
Miles — who played the junior forward position for Alabama‘s Crimson Tide — was listed as out for the remainder of the season due to an ankle injury on Saturday (Jan. 14), a little more than 24 hours prior to his arrest. In an official statement, the university confirmed that “[Miles] has been removed from campus and is no longer a member of the Alabama men’s basketball team.”
Both Miles and Davis are from the D.C. metropolitan area. Raised in Washington, Miles was previously a rising star at Theodore Roosevelt High School before transferring to the IMG Academy’s post-graduate team in Florida.
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