According to police, Alabama star freshman Brandon Miller allegedly delivered the gun that was used in a murder that led to capital murder charges against former teammate Darius Miles and 20-year old Michael “Buzz” Davis.
Miles allegedly contacted Miller and asked him to bring the gun to his location.
“The heat is in the hat,” Miles reportedly said. “There’s one in the head.”
According to court records, Davis then fired the deadly shots that killed Jamea Jonae Harris and Miles admitted to providing Davis with the gun.
Here is an excerpt from AL.com:
Alabama’s freshman basketball standout Brandon Miller brought the gun used on the Tuscaloosa strip killing of a woman that led to capital murder charges for his now former teammate Darius Miles and 20-year-old Michael “Buzz” Davis, according to law enforcement testimony today.
Miles contacted Miller and asked him to bring his gun to where they were, according to police.
When Miller got to the scene, Miles told Davis, “The heat is in the hat.” Det. Branden Culpepper said that meant a gun was present.
Miles added, “There’s one in the head.” That, Culpepper said, meant a round was in the chamber.
Miles moved his girlfriend back to get her out of line of fire, Culpepper added.
Miller’s windshield was struck twice by gunfire in the shooting, police testified. Another Alabama basketball player, Jaden Bradley, was also at the scene of the shooting, according to testimony.
Asked by AL.com why Miller was not charged, Tuscaloosa chief deputy D.A. Paula Whitley said, “That’s not a question I can answer. There’s nothing we could charge him with,’’ according to the law, she said.
Alabama head coach Nate Oats said today that Miller “is not in any trouble.”
“We knew about that. Can’t control everything everybody does outside of practice. Nobody knew that was going to happen. College kids are out, Brandon hasn’t been in any type of trouble nor is he in any type of trouble in this case. Wrong spot at the wrong time,” Oats said.
Here’s his press conference:
