![]() Indeed, the two D.C.-area natives have been friends since middle school, with Darius Miles' father David Miles saying on a podcast earlier this week that his son had lobbied to get Davis an event staff job on the University of Alabama campus. It's at this point that Miles, still carrying his to-go box, can be seen on video doubling back to retrieve his friends and urging them to come along.īradley even told investigators, as Patch previously reported, that Miles had been a "calming presence" for Davis during the minor altercation. The only words Humphrey claimed she heard from Davis were "I don't want your girl." Humphrey did testify that Johnson rolled down the window to tell Davis "No brother, why don't you be good?" Instead, she testified that she never heard Davis, nor anyone else for that matter, make any threats, despite being in the Jeep. Indeed, when under oath during the preliminary hearing, Humphrey did not corroborate the investigator's claims. The investigator, when under cross examination, said Johnson was the only person involved who gave such a testimony. ![]() In response, Culpepper claimed Davis became belligerent, asking Johnson if he knew who he was and what he would do to him. In Culpepper's words, Johnson told Davis to "move along." Miles shuffles past the two groups before a verbal altercation was reported to have occurred between Davis and Johnson.Īll of the witness evidence for probable cause in the capital murder cases presented by Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit investigator Brendan Culpepper hinged exclusively on the statements given by Johnson to police.īut both sides do seem to agree, in a basic sense, that Davis had initially tried to speak to Harris, before Johnson rolled down the window. Separately, security camera footage shows Davis and Bradley in the vicinity of Jeep, before Miles walks past the two groups and is seen carrying a to-go box containing chicken wings. This was after the Jeep is on video pulling up to the corner of Grace Street at University Boulevard and idling for a time. ![]() Humphrey then becomes the driver for a brief time, at one point admitting under oath that she wasn't well acquainted with the automatic window mechanisms of the Jeep as she tried to talk to a passerby she knew. The two groups can be seen leaving Twelve25 after 1 a.m., with Harris and Humphrey on video walking back to Harris' black Jeep. to ask how long it was going to be before he picked him up. They were also joined by her first cousin, Asia Humphrey, who is a junior at the University of Alabama.īoth Harris and Johnson were residents of the Birmingham area at the time of the shooting.Īt 1:02 a.m., Miles texts Miller and asks "Cn u take me to go see if da lofts open" before texting him again at 1:19 a.m. While the three men were at the club, there was a separate group of apparent revelers consisting of the eventual shooting victim - Jamea Harris - along with her boyfriend and father of her child, Cedric Johnson. What's more, when considering why the gun was left in Miller's car, it must be mentioned that security at Twelve25 pats down guests before they enter the business.Įxtensive reporting through the progression of the case all but personally confirms that Brandon Miller was the designated driver that night and spent most of the evening at a restaurant in nearby downtown Tuscaloosa. Indeed, video evidence presented in court showed a congested mass of people swelling out along University Boulevard and almost into the street. ![]() Miller - an All-American and the reigning SEC Player of the Year - did not go to the club the night of the LSU win, purportedly because of the long line at the door to get in. Otherwise, Miller had one of his many dominating performances, scoring 31 points and grabbing 9 rebounds, while Bradley had 7 points in the win. Miles was out with a minor injury during the big win at Coleman Coliseum that Saturday afternoon - a 3 p.m.
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