Investigators in Tuscaloosa say a minor argument preceded a vehicle-to-vehicle shootout that ended with a woman dead.
\nA former University of Alabama basketball player was behind bars Sunday night after he was arrested in connection with a fatal shootout near campus, authorities said.
\nDarius Hairston Miles, 21, of Washington, D.C., was one of two men arrested after people exchanged gunfire in vehicles just off the Strip, Tuscaloosa’s campus-adjacent nightlife district, the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said.
\nHe was booked on suspicion of murder and was being held without bail, the office said in a statement. The victim was Jamea Jonae Harris, 23, it said.
\nNone of the other parties were affiliated with the institution. It wasn’t clear whether Miles has retained private counsel for the case. The public defender’s office in Tuscaloosa didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
\nAlabama Athletics on Sunday said that it extends its deepest sympathies to the victim’s family and friends and announced that Miles was no longer a part of its basketball team.
\nMiles’ name wasn’t on the institution’s basketball roster online late Sunday. The university said in a statement, “He has been removed from our campus.”
\nThe basketball program said Saturday that Miles, a junior forward, had been ruled out for the rest of the season after he aggravated a preseason injury.
\nIt wasn’t clear whether Miles was no longer a student or whether the institution can eject him without a process. The sheriff’s statement addressed his status with the university in past tense.
\nThe shooting was reported early Sunday in the nightlife district. Sheriff’s officials didn\u2019t say which of the two suspects is alleged to have opened fire or whether they believe both did so.<\/p>\n