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Former Alabama Crimson Tide basketball player Brandon Miller has been named in a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from a January shooting that left a woman dead on the Tuscaloosa strip near Alabama’s campus. The family of 23-year-old Jamea Jonae Harris, who was killed in the shooting, filed a lawsuit against Miller, former Alabama player Darius Miles and Michael Davis demanding a jury trial to award damages, per ESPN’s Chris Low. The lawsuit alleges that Miller, who was selected No. 2 overall by the Charlotte Hornets in the 2023 NBA draft, Miles and Davis “knew or should have known that bringing a dangerous weapon to a dispute and discharging said weapon would likely result in harm.”

In addition, it claims that Harris’s injuries were “a direct or proximate consequence of the negligence or wantonness of each of the defendants,” and Miller was present when the gun used in the shooting was recovered from the 20-year-old’s car. Jim Standridge, Miller’s attorney, further stated that his client had “no knowledge of any intent to use the weapon,” that Miller never touched the gun and was not involved in its exchange, and that Miller was unaware that any illegal activity involving the gun would occur. Lastly, Standridge said Miller had “no knowledge of any intent to use the weapon.”