Alabama ahead Darius Miles seems to go March 5 within the second half an NCAA school basketball recreation towards LSU in Baton Rouge, La.

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Gerald Herbert/AP

Alabama ahead Darius Miles seems to go March 5 within the second half an NCAA school basketball recreation towards LSU in Baton Rouge, La.

Gerald Herbert/AP

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama basketball participant Darius Miles and one other man have been charged with capital homicide after a deadly taking pictures close to campus.

Tuscaloosa Police Capt. Jack Kennedy mentioned that the taking pictures occurred early Sunday morning within the Strip off University Blvd. close to campus. He mentioned Jamea Harris, 23, of the Birmingham space was shot and killed.

Miles, 21, a junior reserve ahead from Washington, D.C., and Michael Lynn Davis, 20, of Charles County, Maryland, had been each charged with capital homicide. The capital homicide cost arose as a result of the demise concerned photographs fired right into a automobile, Kennedy mentioned.

“At this time, it appears that the only motive was a minor altercation that these individuals had with the victim as they were out on The Strip,” Kennedy mentioned in a information convention Sunday night. They did not have a earlier relationship, he mentioned.

He mentioned the motive force of one other automobile, during which Harris was a passenger, approached campus police close to Bryant-Denny Stadium at about 1:45 a.m. saying that somebody had shot into the automobile, and he fired again. One of the suspects was handled for non-life-threatening accidents at a neighborhood hospital, and Kennedy declined to reveal who fired the gun or who was harm.

An emotional Miles spoke to somebody as he was being ushered right into a legislation enforcement automobile: “I swear I love you more than you can imagine.”

Miles was a reserve on the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide staff. Alabama had introduced earlier than Saturday’s recreation towards LSU that he was out for the season with an ankle harm. His bio has been faraway from the athletic division web site and the college mentioned that he “has been removed from campus” and is not on the staff.

“The University of Alabama’s utmost priority is the safety and well-being of the campus community,” a college assertion mentioned. “We are grieved by the incident that occurred near campus last night and extend our deepest condolences to the victim’s family and friends.”

Neither the motive force of the opposite automobile nor Harris nor Davis seemed to be affiliated with the college, Kennedy mentioned.