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Parents Of Slain 23-Year-Old Jamea Harris Rip Alabama Basketball Program, Player Brandon Miller After Fatal Shooting

<p>The parents of <strong>Jamea Jonae Harris<&sol;strong> —the 23-year-old woman who was killed in a shooting last month— slammed the University of Alabama Crimson Tide&&num;8217&semi;s basketball program after testimony confirmed that the freshman forward is responsible for delivering the gun to their daughter&&num;8217&semi;s killer and is still allowed to play&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;brandon-miller-supplied-darius-miles-gun-to-kill-jamea-jonae-harris&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">&OpenCurlyQuote;The Heat Is In The Hat’&colon; Basketball Star Brandon Miller Allegedly Gave Teammate Gun Used To Shoot &amp&semi; Kill Jamea Jonae Harris<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Harris’s mother&comma; <strong>DeCarla Cotton<&sol;strong>&comma; told <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;usatoday&period;com&sol;story&sol;sports&sol;ncaab&sol;2023&sol;02&sol;23&sol;brandon-miller-alabama-allowed-play-shooting-victim-parents&sol;11332092002&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>USA Today<&sol;strong><&sol;a> it is &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;unimaginable” that Alabama forward<strong> Brandon Miller<&sol;strong> was allowed to play in Wednesday’s game against South Carolina&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">College Basketball Star Plays In Game A Day After Police Testified That He Delivered Gun Used To Kill Harris<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Their 78-76 overtime win&comma; where Miller scored a career-high 41 points&comma; occurred just a day after police testified that Miller had delivered the firearm used to kill her daughter in the fatal Jan&period; 15 shooting&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s just unimaginable&comma; and it’s like his life is just going on&comma;’’ Cotton told the outlet on Thursday&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He took a brief pause and it didn’t stop&period; It’s like&comma; OK&comma; slap on the wrist and go play ball&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Cotton lambasted Alabama for worrying more about Miller&&num;8217&semi;s career than the death of Harris&comma; who leaves behind a 5-year-old son&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1614815423991537666" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They’re worried about his career&comma; but what about this this 5-year-old boy &lbrack;Harris’ son&comma; Kaine&rsqb;&quest; He’s the true victim in all this&period; He won’t have a mother anymore to influence his growing up and who he’s going to be&period;’’<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Miller is projected to be a first-round pick in the 2023 NBA Draft&comma; and is No&period; 2 Alabama&&num;8217&semi;s leading scorer&comma; according to the outlet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Miller&&num;8217&semi;s Former Teammate&comma; Another Man Charged With Capital Murder&comma; Held Without Bond<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>A day prior to Wednesday&&num;8217&semi;s game&comma; police testified in a preliminary hearing in Tuscaloosa that Miller was responsible for purchasing the gun which was used during the fatal shooting at the Walk of Champions at Bryant Denny Stadium last month&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Darius Miles&comma; Miller&&num;8217&semi;s ex-teammate&comma; and Michael &&num;8220&semi;Buzz&&num;8221&semi; Davis&comma; the man accused of firing the gun and killing Harris&comma; were each charged with capital murder during Tuesday&&num;8217&semi;s court hearing&period;&grave;Both are being held without bond&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Court documents obtained by <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cnn&period;com&sol;2023&sol;02&sol;22&sol;us&sol;darius-miles-murder-charge-university-alabama-basketball&sol;index&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>CNN<&sol;strong><&sol;a> show the judge ruled that there was &&num;8220&semi;sufficient evidence&&num;8230&semi; to establish probable cause&&num;8221&semi; in sending both cases to a grand jury&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Miller has not been charged as of this article&&num;8217&semi;s publication&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1624549276121460736" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Tuesday&comma; a police officer testified that Miles had texted Miller to bring the former&&num;8217&semi;s gun to the location of the shooting&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;al&period;com&sol;news&sol;2023&sol;02&sol;darius-miles-texted-brandon-miller-to-bring-gun-used-to-kill-jamea-jonae-harris-police-testify&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">AL&period;com<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Miles had contacted Miller and asked him to bring his gun to the scene&comma; and when Miller arrived&comma; Miles informed Davis that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the heat is in the hat&comma;” indicating that a gun was present&period; Miles also mentioned that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;there’s one in the head&comma;” which meant that a round was in the chamber&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Miles&comma; a junior forward&comma; was dismissed from the Crimson Tide following his arrest&period; His season had already been cut short due to an ankle injury&comma; having last played Dec&period; 20&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Miller&&num;8217&semi;s Lawyer Says Client &&num;8220&semi;Never Touched The Gun&&num;8221&semi; And Wasn&&num;8217&semi;t Involved &&num;8220&semi;In Any Way&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>On Wednesday Miller&&num;8217&semi;s lawyer&comma; Jim Standridge&comma; told the court that his client &&num;8220&semi;never touched the gun&comma; was not involved in its exchange to Mr&period; Davis in any way&comma; and never knew that illegal activity involving the gun would occur&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His attorneys allege that Miller’s was not aware of the gun in his car&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When somebody says bring a gun to them&comma; what do you think they’re going to do with it&quest;” Cotton said about Miller’s alleged involvement&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;And if there was no gun&comma; she would not be dead&period;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;113281" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-113281" style&equals;"width&colon; 1140px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-113281" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;02&sol;GettyImages-1467628266-scaled&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1140" height&equals;"842" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-113281" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Head coach Nate Oats of the Alabama Crimson Tide smiles after a foul call against his team during the first half against the Georgia Bulldogs at Coleman Coliseum on February 18&comma; 2023 in Tuscaloosa&comma; Alabama&period; &lpar;Photo by Brandon Sumrall&sol;Getty Images&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Family Of Slain 23-Year-Old Slam Alabama Head Coach Nate Oats For Defending Miller<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; Harris&&num;8217&semi; mother said that Alabama coach Nate Oats has been &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;god awful” in handling the situation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Tuesday&comma; Oats defended Miller&comma; describing Miller as being at the &&num;8220&semi;wrong spot at the wrong time&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Brandon hasn’t been in any type of trouble&comma; nor is he in any type of trouble on this case&period; Wrong spot at the wrong time&period;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Oats has since apologized and retracted the comment&comma; however Harris’ stepfather&comma; Delvin Heard said the coach’s second statement &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;meant nothing” to the victim’s family&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This is an ongoing story&period; Check in with <strong><em>The Shade Room<&sol;em><&sol;strong> for further developments&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; 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