Former Alabama player Darius Miles enters not-guilty plea in fatal shooting of Jamea Harris

Former Alabama men’s basketball player Darius Miles has entered a not-guilty plea for his involvement in the fatal shooting of Jamea Harris, per Nick Kelly of The Tuscaloosa News.

“Ex-Alabama basketball player Darius Miles has entered into a not-guilty plea for his role in the fatal shooting on Jan. 15 on the Tuscaloosa Strip, according to court documents filed by his defense attorney Mary Turner,” wrote Kelly. “He has also waived his rights to be present at an arraignment and for an attorney to represent him at an arraignment. Miles has been informed of the charge against him and has a received a copy of the charge, according to the document.

“A grand jury indicted Miles and Michael Lynn Davis on capital murder charges in March after the shooting death of 23-year-old Jamea Harris on Jan. 15 on the Tuscaloosa Strip.”

According to court documents per Kelly, investigators believe the gun belonged to Miles, but the aforementioned Dais pulled the fatal trigger.

Both Miles and Davis have been jailed without bond since Jan. 15, after a judge denied bond in February, per Kelly.

Background on arrest of Darius Miles

Moreover, the incident occurred when police from Tuscaloosa as well as the University of Alabama were dispatched around 1:45 a.m. back in early January. They were sent to the Walk of Champions at Bryant-Denny Stadium. There they found 23-year-old Jamea Jonae Harris dead inside a vehicle, per Capt. Jack Kennedy of Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes, as they later deduced that the shooting had taken place off of University Boulevard.

The driver of the vehicle, who hasn’t been identified, told police their car was hit with gunshots. In turn, the driver returned fire in self-defense and notified authorities that he may have struck one of the shooters.

Kennedy went on to say that, through witnesses and surveillance tapes, they were able to identify the two suspects. Miles was one along with 20-year-old Michael Lynn Davis. One of them was later confirmed to have been struck by one of the driver’s shots. His wound was deemed as non-life threatening.

As for a motive, Kennedy said it seemed that it was the product of an argument that took place between the group of four after they had come across each other on the strip.

Kennedy said his unit ‘utilized all their resources and worked together flawlessly to bring this case to a resolution in a rapid manner.’

On3’s Alex Weber contributed to this article.