- ABC News
- March 17, 2023
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne refuted a New York Times report placing men's basketball walk-on Kai Spears at the scene of a shooting in January, saying it was "inaccurate" and "untrue." Byrne made his remarks in a statement that was issued during halftime of the Crimson Tide's NCAA tournament game against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Thursday. Former Alabama basketball player Darius Miles was indicted last week on capital murder charges for supplying his friend Michael Davis with the gun that was used to kill 23-year-old Jamea Harris on Jan. 15. During a court hearing last month, a police officer testified that Miles texted Alabama star forward Brandon Miller, asking Miller to bring Miles' gun to him in the early-morning hours of the shooting. Fellow teammate Jaden Bradley was also allegedly in the area during the shooting. Neither Miller nor Bradley has been accused of a crime. Police also testified at...