A day after one of his players was charged with capital murder, Alabama men’s basketball coach Nate Oats expressed his sympathy Monday for the family of Jamea Jonae Harris, the woman who was killed in a shooting early Sunday morning in Tuscaloosa.
“It’s really a tragedy all around, but especially for Jamea and her family,” Oats said in a news conference Monday afternoon, less than 24 hours after forward Darius Miles was one of two men charged with the murder of Harris.
Oats said the criminal investigation prevented him from discussing any specifics of the case as they related to Miles, but disclosed that he’s had multiple conversations with Miles’s mother Sunday. A school statement Sunday said that Miles, who was in his third year at Alabama, had been “removed from campus” and was no longer a member of the team.
