The family of a woman killed in a shooting on the Tuscaloosa strip near the University of Alabama campus has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit against three men, including formerThe other two men named in the complaint are former Alabama player Darius Miles and Michael Davis, who are facing capital murder charges in the shooting death of Jamea Jonae Harris, 23, on Jan. 15. Miller was not charged with a crime.
A police investigator testified during a February hearing that Miller had been on the scene of the fatal killing and that the gun police claim was used in the killing of Harris was retrieved from the back of Miller's car. "Further, it is our understanding that the weapon was concealed under some clothing in the back seat of his car," Standridge wrote in a statement in February.
"They would like to hear testimony from all three of the young men involved concerning what they did, said and saw," Farris said."The family would like the opportunity, through their attorneys, to investigate why and how the gun was brought to the scene of a confrontation that resulted in the death of their daughter. Once we have had the opportunity to evaluate the evidence in the case, we can make decisions about the degree of culpability, if any, of each.