BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A deadly January taking pictures that concerned members of the top-ranked Alabama males’s basketball group, which has loomed over the Crimson Tide as they chase a nationwide championship, might have been much more lethal, as surveillance video confirmed that two gamers had been in a automotive struck by bullets within the crossfire.

The shootout, which despatched individuals close by scrambling for canopy, killed Jamea Harris, 23, who was a passenger in a automotive. In one other automotive that was struck had been Brandon Miller, a star participant for the Crimson Tide, and Kai Spears, a freshman walk-on whose presence on the scene had not been beforehand reported.

Together with Spears, at the very least 4 Alabama gamers have now been positioned on the scene of the taking pictures that happened within the early morning hours of Jan. 15, as bars emptied out alongside The Strip, a well-liked gathering spot for college students close to campus alongside College Boulevard in Tuscaloosa.

Darius Miles, a now-former Alabama basketball participant, is in Tuscaloosa County Jail on capital homicide prices. He’s accused of handing his gun to Michael Davis, a childhood buddy, who can also be dealing with capital homicide prices and has been accused of firing the bullet that killed Harris. Miles and Davis had been indicted by a grand jury final week. A lawyer for Davis stated that Davis had been appearing in self-defense, whereas a lawyer for Miles stated in an announcement that proof not seen by the grand jury confirmed that Miles was harmless.

Jaden Bradley, a freshman guard, was additionally on the scene. A overview of surveillance video confirmed his automotive was in a slim lane that intersects College Boulevard, parked forward of Miller and Spears. Behind Miller and Spears was a Jeep with Harris within the entrance passenger seat.

The video confirmed Davis approaching the Jeep from behind, alongside the driving force’s facet. Quickly, flashes from gunshots might be seen getting into and exiting the Jeep. After a number of pictures had been exchanged, Davis appeared to have been hit and staggered backward right into a phone pole. He regained his stability and circled in entrance of Bradley’s automotive whereas persevering with to fireplace on the Jeep. Two bullets struck the windshield of Miller’s automotive. Neither struck Miller or Spears.

“I’m sorry, I’m not going to have the ability to talk about that,” stated Spears, a freshman who has not performed this season and who’s the son of Marshall College’s athletic director, Christian Spears. Kai Spears briefly spoke Wednesday within the locker room Alabama was utilizing for apply forward of its first-round N.C.A.A. match recreation in opposition to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Thursday. Miller additionally declined to remark.

In its aftermath, the college has sought to distance itself from the taking pictures. Miles was dismissed from the group and kicked out of college inside hours of his arrest, and the involvement of different gamers — of which the college was conscious — was saved quiet because the Crimson Tide established themselves because the toast of the Southeastern Convention and among the finest groups within the nation.

Alabama athletic officers didn’t instantly reply to messages in search of touch upon Wednesday.

On Feb. 21, a police detective testified at a pretrial listening to concerning the presence of Miller and Bradley on the scene. He stated that Miles had texted Miller, telling him to choose him up and that “I want my joint,” referring to Miles’s gun, which he had left within the again seat of Miller’s automotive.

The detective additionally made notice of an unidentified passenger in Miller’s automotive. An individual aware of the case recognized that individual as Spears. That individual spoke on situation of anonymity to debate delicate issues within the case.

Within the final a number of weeks, Alabama has been criticized for persevering with to play Miller, a choice that Athletic Director Greg Byrne instructed ESPN had been made together with the college’s president, Stuart R. Bell. Initially, Alabama Coach Nate Oats characterised Miller’s involvement as “fallacious spot on the fallacious time” earlier than apologizing for that description.

One other apology ensued when Miller continued what had been a ritual throughout introductions at residence video games: holding his arms out whereas a teammate patted him down, as if he had been being looked for a weapon.

Miller, a 6-foot-8 ahead who will probably be among the many high picks within the N.B.A. draft, has develop into a lightning rod since his presence in the course of the taking pictures turned public. He has performed exceedingly effectively, scoring 41 factors — together with the profitable basket — in an extra time win at South Carolina in his first recreation after the pretrial listening to. And Miller was awarded the SEC match’s most excellent participant award after Alabama received the title on Sunday in Nashville, close to the place he grew up.

He has excelled regardless of being heckled with chants of “lock him up” by South Carolina followers and “Brandon Killer” by Vanderbilt followers in the course of the convention match.

Miller arrived at a information convention on Wednesday accompanied by an armed guard.

“Should you guys noticed a few of what I’ve seen despatched his approach, I believe you’d perceive why that’s the case,” stated Oats, who indicated that Miller had acquired nameless electronic mail threats, however declined to elaborate.

A pair of Alabama followers confirmed as much as the Southeastern Convention match semifinals on Saturday carrying personalized T-shirts that turned heads — and some stomachs.

On the again, the shirts learn: “Killin’ our approach via the SEC in ’23.”

The T-shirt was deemed in such poor style that the SEC stated that any followers carrying it could be prohibited from getting into the world for Sunday’s championship recreation. A convention spokesman stated afterward that safety officers had not noticed anybody carrying the T-shirts.

“It’s meant to make you suppose,” stated the person, who recognized himself as Jimmy Johnson, from Cellular, Ala., as he stood within the concourse simply after halftime on Saturday. The person, whose actual title is Jason O’Rear, hung up with out answering questions on Wednesday when he was contacted by the Occasions.

Final week he known as the taking pictures a tragedy however stated that Oats and Miller had been being unfairly attacked, utilizing an expletive. “The media goes to cancel Miller,” he stated. “Now, I don’t condone something about what occurred, however I do know the place the media goes to return crashing down and attempt to spoil a man’s profession. I do know the place the clicks are.”

He was requested if he would really feel in another way if his daughter had been killed.

“I don’t know,” he stated.

In Tuscaloosa, a lot of the bars alongside The Strip have been closed this week and the campus is all however vacant as most college students have left city for spring break. Few who stay appear keen to debate the taking pictures or the college’s response to it.

“Jamea Harris must be residing her life and elevating her son,” stated Walt Maddox, the mayor of Tuscaloosa. “Her homicide, as with each mindless act of violence, weighs on all of us. Our phrases are insufficient to supply consolation to her household; nevertheless, our actions matter to make sure justice.”

However in a surveillance video, when Davis hobbles towards a car parking zone — after firing at the very least eight bullets and taking one within the shoulder — Bradley, the freshman from Rochester, N.Y., peels out and turns onto College Avenue.

As Miller follows after them, the Jeep, with the mortally wounded Harris, sideswipes Miller and Spears, one bullet-riddled automotive screaming previous one other in a tragedy that would have been even worse.

Susan C. Beachy contributed analysis.