- Alabama basketball’s Brandon Miller was mentioned during a hearing for a former teammate charged with murder.
- Darius Miles and Michael Davis have been charged in connection to the killing of Jamea Jonae Harris.
- Brandon Miller, who was mentioned in court, has not been charged in the case.
A star basketball player for the No. 2-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide was mentioned by a Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office detective during a preliminary hearing for a former teammate, Darius Miles, and another man Michael “Buzz” Davis, who are charged with murder.
The detective testified on Tuesday that Brandon Miller, a freshman forward on Alabama’s men’s basketball team, was asked by Miles to bring him his gun on January 15, the night Jamea Jonae Harris was killed in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, local outlet AL.com reported.
Charging documents for Miles and Davis seen by AL.com say prosecutors believe Davis was the gunman in the January 15 shooting.
Prosecutors have not filed any charges against Miller.
“That’s not a question I can answer,” Tuscaloosa district attorney Paula Whitley told AL.com when asked why Miller wasn’t facing charges. “There’s nothing we could charge him with.”
Miles and Davis are facing capital murder charges in connection with Harris’ death. Miles was a teammate of Miller’s at Alabama, but Miles was kicked off the team after being arrested, Yahoo Sports reported.
Det. Branden Culpepper, of the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office’s Violent Crimes Unit, testified in court on Tuesday that Miles texted Miller asking him to bring Miles’ gun to him in the early morning hours of January 15, the Tuscaloosa News reported. Culpepper testified that the two exchanged the gun in Miller’s car, according to Tuscaloosa News.
Culpepper testified that Miles then told Davis, “The heat is in the hat” and “there’s one in the head,” according to AL.com. Culpepper said Miles meant he had the gun, and there was a bullet in the chamber, AL.com reported.
Alabama coach Nate Oats told reporters on Tuesday that Miller was just at the “wrong spot at the wrong time” and that “nobody knew that was going to happen,” referring to the shooting of Harris.
“Brandon hasn’t been in any type of trouble, nor is he in any type of trouble in this case,” Oats said.
Harris’ mother, DeCarla Heard, told AL.com that the shooting happened after Miles and Davis tried to speak with Harris, and she said she had a boyfriend and wasn’t interested.
Neither Whitley nor attorneys for Miles and Davis immediately responded to Insider’s requests for comment. A spokesperson for Alabama’s men’s basketball did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.
