- ABC News
- February 24, 2022
A former Miami Hurricanes player accused in the long-unsolved killing of a teammate told a detective after his arrest last August that he understands why he was suspected, but he insisted he had nothing to do with the shooting death, according to evidence released to ESPN. The videotaped statement by Rashaun Jones, 36, is the first time Jones is known to have answered questions about the evidence against him in the death of Bryan Pata, who was shot once in the head outside his Miami-area apartment after football practice on Nov. 7, 2006. Miami-Dade police brought no charges in the killing before an ESPN investigation in 2020 revealed that Jones had been a suspect since at least 2007. Jones was arrested last Aug. 19 and charged with second-degree murder. He has pleaded not guilty and is scheduled for a bond hearing Monday in which prosecutors plan to question two detectives, along with a former Miami football player who said Jones threatened him with a gun. They also plan to...