Alabama basketball player Darius Miles charged with murder
Alabama striker Darius Miles and another man were charged with capital murder in the shooting of a 23-year-old woman near a university campus in Tuscaloosa Sunday morning.
Miles, who was officially expelled from the basketball team, was taken into custody and sent to the Tuscaloosa County Jail at 6:45 a.m. ET, ESPN reported. The shooting took place in an area known as The Strip, near University Boulevard. The victim, Jamie Harris, is from Birmingham.
Tuscaloosa Police Captain Jack Kennedy said the incident was caused by a “minor altercation”.
“At this point, it appears that the only motive was a minor altercation between these people and the victim while they were on the Strip,” Kennedy said at a news conference.
Kennedy said, “… the driver of another vehicle in which Harris was a passenger approached campus police near Bryant-Denny Stadium at approximately 1:45 a.m., claiming that someone had fired at the vehicle and he returned fire.” One of the suspects was being treated for non-life-threatening injuries at a local hospital, and Kennedy declined to say who fired the gun or who was injured.
“Neither the driver of the other car, nor Harris, nor Davis were associated with the university.”
The University of Alabama issued a statement in response to the shooting.
“The top priority for the University of Alabama is the safety and well-being of the campus community,” the statement said. “We are saddened by the incident last night near campus and express our deepest condolences to the family and friends of the victim.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report
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