Brandon Miller, a standout freshman on Alabama’s second-ranked men’s basketball team, was linked to a fatal shooting. A detective testified that Miller brought a gun to then-teammate Darius Miles, who handed it to a friend alleged to have killed a woman.
At a news conference Tuesday, Oats told reporters he and others with the program have “known the situation” involving the investigation into the shooting.“We’ve been fully cooperating with law enforcement the entire time,” he said. “The whole situation is sad.”
“Can’t control everything everybody does outside of practice,” added Oats, who is in his fourth season at Alabama. “Nobody knew that was going to happen. … Brandon hasn’t been in any type of trouble, nor is he in any type of trouble in this case. Wrong spot at the wrong time.” Several hours later, Oats issued a statement in which he described his earlier comments as “unfortunate.”
“In no way did I intend to downplay the seriousness of this situation or the tragedy of that night,” heOats said his program had been “informed by law enforcement of other student-athletes being in the vicinity, and law enforcement has repeatedly told us that no other student-athletes were suspects — they were witnesses only.”“Our understanding,” he added, “is that they have all been fully truthful and cooperative.
Miller was rated a five-star prospect after earning national accolades and Tennessee player of the year honors in high school and became one of the most heralded recruits Alabama had ever landed. He recently helped the Crimson Tide
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